Ram temple is going to be consecrated in Ayodhya on 22nd January.
In the year 2019, the Supreme Court gave its verdict on the Ayodhya dispute and put an end to the dispute that had been going on for centuries.
Politics did not reduce even regarding Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha. The opposition says that BJP is doing politics in this matter of religion also.
Senior leaders of the Congress Party also rejected the invitation for Pran Pratistha. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reaching Ayodhya to lead the consecration of the Ram temple.
Even during elections, BJP leaders do not fail to take credit for the construction of Ram Temple. On the other hand, the Ram Mandir movement itself proved to be a boon for the BJP.
When the BJP, which won two seats in 1984, turned to Ram Temple and Hindu politics, its fortunes changed.
Only two years after independence, Hindu Mahasabha raised the issue of Ram temple. The Hindu Mahasabha passed a resolution on 14 August 1949 stating that a Ram temple should be built.
Three decades later, Vishwa Hindu Parishad became active regarding Ram temple and in 1984, Dharma Sansad was organized.
In this Parliament of Religions, it was said that movements should be started for Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Krishna Temple in Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.
It is worth noting that at that time many Congress leaders were in support of it but there was no voice of support from BJP.
When BJP got only two seats in the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh called a meeting. After this it was decided that BJP could not do wonders on the political stage with the help of Gandhian ideology.
BJP moved towards Ayodhya in 1989
For the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party included the construction of Ram Temple in its manifesto during the 1989 elections.
After this, the effect was that BJP, which had won only two seats in the last elections, got 85 seats. The popularity of the party started increasing on the temple issue. At that time the party president was Lal Krishna Advani. His popularity started increasing.
Advani took out Rath Yatra
In 1990, when there was a war between Mandir and Mandal, BJP won. After this BJP made a plan for Rath Yatra. This journey was started from Somnath in Gujarat.
After this, a large crowd started joining this Rath Yatra. This Rath Yatra helped a lot in connecting Hindus with BJP.
From here the path opened for BJP to become an all India party. When mid-term elections were held in 1991, BJP won 121 seats. For the first time, the party came to power in Uttar Pradesh and Kalyan Singh became the Chief Minister.
Kalyan government fell after the demolition of the mosque in 1992
When the structure of Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992, BJP also had to suffer loss. After this, from 1996 to 2019, there has been no Lok Sabha election when the BJP has not included the issue of Ram Temple in its manifesto.
In the 2004 general elections, to keep the alliance parties satisfied and not feeling the need for the Ram Temple issue, BJP gave the slogan of India Shauning.
When BJP chose the issue of development, it was defeated and Congress remained in power till 2014.
However, in 2014, when the issue of development and eradication of corruption was again put forward under the leadership of Narendra Modi, BJP became the largest party and Narendra Modi’s government was formed at the center with majority.
Now political pundits say that the Ram Temple movement has perhaps been the most important in Indian politics. If this became the reason for the rise of BJP then it is also the reason for the fall of Congress.
Only after the 2019 elections, the Supreme Court gave its verdict on Ram Temple. After this, BJP’s morale became higher.
In 2020 itself, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Ram temple and now the temple is ready. BJP is now cherishing the dream of 400 plus in the next elections.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that BJP still has high hopes from Ram Temple.