BJP calm amid pressure from RSS for Ram temple construction in Ayodhya

Saffron party is under pressure from RSS and other Hindutva quarters to move swiftly on construction of Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, but it appears in no hurry

Like his predecessors, the current Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) “sarsanghachalak”, Mohanrao Bhagwat, speaks in ellipsis and often cites paradoxes, which open his statements to multiple interpretations. However, over the past two months, on different occasions, Bhagwat unreservedly articulated the RSS’ stance on the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, implying that it was up to the Centre and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to get the message and act, and not simply react. 

The clearest enunciation was contained in his annual Vijayadashami address of October 18. He hinted at an “obvious game plan of a few