At the end of a three-day conclave, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today passed a resolution demanding that the Centre should pass a law to hand over the entire 70 acres of land at Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Temple.
The resolution adopted at the end of the meeting of VHP's board of trustees and governing council says that the Centre should respect Hindu sentiments and help in the creation of the huge Ram temple.
VHP's international president Ashok Singhal told PTI afterwards that VHP is lobbying MPs of all the parties.
Several non-BJP MPs too, including 37 from Tamil Nadu, 20 from Kerala, 22 from Andhra Pradesh, 21 from Karnataka, 20 from Maharashtra, 14 from Gujarat and 53 from Uttar Pradesh are ready to support a legislation to hand over entire land at the disputed site for temple, he said.
Some senior Congress MPs too have promised support, he said, without naming anyone.
The Supreme Court should decide the Ram Mandir case at the earliest, Singhal said.
The resolution passed today reminds the union government that Somnath Temple in Gujarat was similarly rebuilt when Jawaharlal Nehru was the prime minister.
