<p>Mounting pressure on the Modi government to expedite the Ram temple issue, the Akhil Bhartiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana (ABISY), an RSS affiliate, has decide to raise public awareness on what it calls “reality of the Ayodhya dispute”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The ABISY will organise a conference on the topic here on July 25 – which will fall during the parliament’s ongoing monsoon session. Interestingly, former Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) director Dr BR Mani, who had lead a team that conducted survey at the disputed site to ascertain whether a temple existed there, will be the chief guest at the conference.<br /><br />ABISY general secretary Arun Pandey told Deccan Herald about his organisation’s move to “sensitise people” on the reality of the Ayodhya dispute but denied any political motive behind it.<br /><br />Sangh affiliate sources said the dispute would be resolved either through the court or people and in both cases, the masses should be made aware that the digging at the disputed site by the ASI, conducted at the behest of the Supreme Court, had showed presence of remains of the temple and Hindu gods. He said the Congress government had banned publicity of the ASI report. <br /><br />‘RSS focus is still in place’<br /><br />RSS General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi had said in March that the Sangh has not rescinded from its commitment to construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Joshi had also sought speedy hearing of the case pending before the Supreme Court. Even the VHP had passed a resolution asking the government to ensure construction of the temple through legal means.<br /><br />The apex court is still to begin its final hearing on a petition challenging its own May 2011 order that had stayed the Allahabad high court’s judgment of splitting the disputed site in three parts.<br /></p>
<p>Mounting pressure on the Modi government to expedite the Ram temple issue, the Akhil Bhartiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana (ABISY), an RSS affiliate, has decide to raise public awareness on what it calls “reality of the Ayodhya dispute”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The ABISY will organise a conference on the topic here on July 25 – which will fall during the parliament’s ongoing monsoon session. Interestingly, former Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) director Dr BR Mani, who had lead a team that conducted survey at the disputed site to ascertain whether a temple existed there, will be the chief guest at the conference.<br /><br />ABISY general secretary Arun Pandey told Deccan Herald about his organisation’s move to “sensitise people” on the reality of the Ayodhya dispute but denied any political motive behind it.<br /><br />Sangh affiliate sources said the dispute would be resolved either through the court or people and in both cases, the masses should be made aware that the digging at the disputed site by the ASI, conducted at the behest of the Supreme Court, had showed presence of remains of the temple and Hindu gods. He said the Congress government had banned publicity of the ASI report. <br /><br />‘RSS focus is still in place’<br /><br />RSS General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi had said in March that the Sangh has not rescinded from its commitment to construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Joshi had also sought speedy hearing of the case pending before the Supreme Court. Even the VHP had passed a resolution asking the government to ensure construction of the temple through legal means.<br /><br />The apex court is still to begin its final hearing on a petition challenging its own May 2011 order that had stayed the Allahabad high court’s judgment of splitting the disputed site in three parts.<br /></p>