Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya "is a matter of faith" and not an election issue.
"Construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya is a matter of faith. Even in 1990, it was not an election issue," the Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology told reporters here.
Prasad said construction of the Ram temple will not be an issue during campaign for the 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh.
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On the cleaning of Yamuna river, Prasad said, "We don't want ad hoc arrangement on eliminating Yamuna pollution. Constructive work in this direction are required and work in this direction has started."
On Congress president Sonia Gandhi's remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was functioning like a dictator, Prasad said, "In fact Modi is working as Pradhan Sevak of the countrymen.
Prasad said many digital services such as e-nakhsa
(maps), e-mandi for farmers and computerisation of land records of 31 states were among the many digital initiatives launched to aid the citizens even as the government was committed to ensuring transparency.
On BJP sticking to Aadhaar card for various welfare schemes despite criticising it while in the opposition, he said, "We don't deny it that we criticised (it). But after we came to power we revisited and went deep into the matter and it shows our liberal, modern outlook of open mind that if something good has to be done, do it in a better way."
"The results are there," he said.
Even the Prime Minister has appreciated whoever has done good for India, Prasad said, adding, "being in politics don't practise political untouchability.
