It seems a 'grand mandir' in Ayodhya is destined to be constructed soon, with two trucks of stones arriving in the temple city on Sunday. VHP spokesman Sharad Sharma said that two trucks of stones have been unloaded at Ram Sewak Puram and Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, the president of Ram Janam Bhumi Nyas, has performed ‘Shila Pujan’ of the stones.

Mahant Nritya Gopal Das said, “Now, the time has come for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. A lot of stones have arrived today in Ayodhya. And now the arrival of the stones will continue. We have signals from the Modi Government that Mandir construction would be done now.”

Faizabad Senior Superintendent of Police Mohit Gupta said, “We are monitoring all the developments minutely. Stones have arrived and being kept in a private premises. Due to this development, if there was any breach in peace or communal harmony, we will definitely take action.”

"The age old drama has once again started. 25 years ago also, the stones were brought but the temple was never built. Whenever the image of the BJP goes down in the public, whenever they feel insecure, they start raising the Ram Temple issue," Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said.

"The business that the VHP, RSS, Hindu MahaSabha and the BJP do in selling the name of Ram is world's best marketing strategy. Unfortunately, the BJP has made the so called God, i.e. Ram, a political weapon which they use to regain their lost pride," he added.

"The RSS was first saying that the issue of Ram Temple in Ayodhya is very important and that it should be built. But when the matter went to the court, they said that the temple would be build after the orders of the High Court," P.L Punia said. "You cannot trust the RSS as they are raising this issue for political gains. And they can do anything for that political gain," he added.

"India is rich in religion and culture. Ram is our ideal whom some regard as god and some as a great man. Society should rise taking inspiration from Ram and Sharad Kothari and prepare for building a grand Ram temple like Somnath," the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said in his tweet.

By Premji