Hindu religious leader Sadhvi Saraswati Saturday called for the ordinance route to construct Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, and claimed that Hindus are now being treated as aliens in their own land.
She also accused the Trinamool Congress government of West Bengal of appeasing the Muslims.
The TMC, however, said efforts to divide the people on religious lines would not work in the state.
"Why is the government ignoring the sentiments of the Hindus? Hindustan belong to the Hindus but we are treated as aliens in our own land. The government should take the ordinance route for construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya," Saraswati said here today.
There has been a growing clamour for ordinance by various organisations and political outfits such as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), RSS and Shiv Sena.
Addressing a 'Virat Hindu Sammelan' here, she demanded that the work for construction of Ram Mandir should start immediately and no one should try to test the patience of the Hindus.
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