Apparently miffed with the "cold attitude" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards the Ram Mandir issue, VHP leaders here said that the temple will be constructed by the 'dharmacharyas' (holy men) and masses.
"We don't take directions from Modi. Dharmacharyas use their own wisdom,"Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, president of Ram Janam Bhumi Nyas, who actively campaigned for the construction of Ram Mandir said.
Das said that although they were hopeful that the temple construction work would pick up after the return of a Hindu party government, the NDA-led Centre "did not take any interest" in VHP's Ayodhya movement.
"We have thus decided to move forward with our agenda without any help," he said.
Another senior VHP leader Triloki Nath Pandey, seconded Das's opinion.
Pandey, who was awarded a part of Babri Masjid land by Allahabad High Court, said that the VHP never expected any help from the Prime Minister for the temple construction.
The temple would be constructed by Dharmacharyas and Hindu masses, he added.
Almost six months after VHP announced its nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, two trucks of stones had arrived in the temple city earlier this week, even as police said it was monitoring the situation.
