New Delhi, May 09: Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti today demanded building a country-wide consensus for construction of a magnificent temple at Ayodhya in wake of the Supreme Court order and said the matter should be settled outside court.
“From the beginning, we have been demanding that a consensus be built across the country for a magnificent temple in Ayodhya. There is no clash of faith in Ayodhya. There should not be any move to create such kind of a situation,” she told reporters.
Bharti, a prime accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, feared that “if it (Ayodhya issue) drags on for long, it will continue to remain a dispute and vote bank politics will continue to be played over it.”
She said basic and fundamental issues have got overshadowed as political parties like RJD and Samajwadi Parties have stirred up the Ayodhya controversy to win elections.
—PTi