Udupi: Seers attending the 'Dharma Sansad,' a conclave of Hindu seers, math heads and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders in Udupi, on Sunday made a 'Sankalp' that by the end of December, 2018, work on the Ram temple would start at Ayodhya.
On the inaugural day, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had said only the Ram temple would come up at the site in Ayodhya and not any other structure. The Udupi meet is significant as the first formal announcement for a Ram temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi was made here in 1985 and a year later, the doors of the Ram temple in Ayodhya were opened to the public for 'darshan'.
The three-day conclave also demanded immediate withdrawal of a directive, which it claimed was issued by the Centre to states to curb cow vigilantism.
Briefing reporters on the concluding day, VHP international joint general secretary Surendra Kumar Jain said: “The notification was issued a few days ago by the Centre to all state governments. We want to tell the Centre it is not cow protectors, but cattle smugglers whose dossier is to be prepared,” he stressed.
The conclave in another resolution, urged the Supreme Court to widen the scope of nodal officers appointed to check cow vigilantes to also include those who kill cows. “We do not want the protection of fake cow protectors. Such impostors must be brought to book. But in the process of taming fake cow vigilantes, the sincere cow protectors should not suffer. We appeal to the Supreme Court to widen the scope and area of nodal officers and include cow butchers,” he said.
