BJP to continue temple campaign despite poll debacle
Indian opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani said Wednesday a controversial campaign to build a temple on the ruins of a destroyed mosque would continue despite his party's rout in May elections.
"Our commitment to the Ram temple in Ayodhya is intact and unwavering. The nation eagerly looks forward to the day" when the temple will be built, Advani told party workers in New Delhi.
The BJP had in the early 1990s garnered massive support by campaigning to have a temple to the Hindu god Ram built on the site of the 16th century Babri mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Advani Wednesday acknowledged the campaign had slowed but was adamant it would continue.
"At the same time we must be candid enough to recognise the Hindu anger that exploded on the streets in the early nineties has given way to a patient wait for the new temple whose construction, I feel is inevitable," he said.
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