Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Wednesday said the party was not on the back foot on the Ram temple issue and a decision would be taken at the right time.
“We are not at all on back foot on the Ram temple issue. Party will take a decision at the right time,” Mr. Shah told reporters.
“The case [of Ram temple] is pending before the Supreme Court. As and when the judgment of the Supreme Court comes, and, as the party has stated earlier, we will follow the judgment and everybody else also must respect it,” he said.
“We also believe that another way of construction of Ram temple is to resolve the issue by talks with all the parties. We can also find a way by out-of-court settlement. Both the ways are open for us,” he said.
Mr. Shah, however, denied that he had spoken anything on the Ram Temple on Tuesday.
“Yesterday nobody uttered anything on Ram temple, neither the person who asked the question nor the person who answered that question,” he said.
Asked if the BJP was helpless in repealing Article 370, Mr. Shah said it needed two-third majority in Parliament to quash it.
“There is no helplessness on Kashmir issue. Article 370 is not only an issue of Jammu and Kashmir government, but it needs two-third majority,” Mr. Shah said.
When pointed out that the BJP has enough majority in Parliament, he said: “It is not enough to amend the Constitution.”
