The Bharatiya Janata Party is firmly committed to building a temple at Ayodhya but the political priority at the moment is fighting price rise and corruption, and freeing the country from the bad governance of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Thursday.
Replying to questions whether the BJP had sidelined its ideological commitment to the Mandir and why its leaders were silent on the Ayodhya issue, Mr. Naqvi said it was not the case.
“We are honest about our ideological commitments. But political issues which are before the country are our priority,” he said, explaining why the contentious issue of building a Ram temple would not be on priority at the national executive, which is meeting here on Saturday and Sunday.
