SC temple verdict reflection of India's secular character: Amit Shah
Ram Temple movement Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that it will be seen as a representation of democratic values, as the country's majority population awaited so long for fulfilment of its religious aspirations.
Speaking in Lok Sabha during a discussion on Ram Temple and the consecration ceremony on January 22, Shah said he wants to speak from his heart and what is in the hearts of Indians.
«January 22 was the beginning of great India...Those who imagine a country without lord Ram do not know our country well and they represent the days of colonialism,» Shah said.
He further said Prime Minister Narendra Modi took all sections of society along on the temple issue and described the Supreme Court verdict on the matter as a reflection of India's secular character to the world.
He lauded all those who participated in the long struggle on various fronts on the Ram temple issue. The Supreme Court verdict on the Ram temple showed India's secular character to the world, Shah said.
People's struggle for constructing the Ram temple in Ayodhya began in 1528 and the legal battle fought for it started in 1858, he said, adding that it all came to an end on January 22 which rejuvenated India's faith and marked the beginning of the journey of a great India.
The temple's construction is the journey from struggle to devotion, from chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' to 'Jai Sia Ram', he said while heaping praise on Modi for his leadership and the arduous religious discipline he subjected himself for 11 days in the run-up to the
