The VHP today questioned the Centre's assertion before the Supreme Court that Lord Ram himself had destroyed the Ram Sethu (Adam's bridge) and said it was a distortion of history.
"Nowhere in the Kamba Ramayan is it mentioned that Lord Ram destroyed the bridge. It is to appease DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, whose party is a partner in the UPA coalition, that the Centre is doing such things," VHP International President, Ashok Singhal told reporters here.
He was replying to questions on the union government's stand on the Sethusamdudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP).
"It (Ram Sethu) will be protected at any cost," VHP International General secretary, Dr Praveen Togadia, who was also present, said.
He said Saints and Hindu leaders at a meeting at Haridwar had resolved that the Sethu be declared a historical monument.
On construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya, he said it would be done by an act of Parliament. "The temple will come up and we will see to it that such an act is brought in the next Lok Sabha," he said.
