Babri devotees will try to insult and defame the movement by becoming Kalnemi. We have to identify them and not let their conspiracies succeed.
Chief Minister Yogi said that those who once opposed the Ram temple and used to open fire on Ram devotees, today are trying to call themselves Ram devotees. This is the ideological victory of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Chief Minister Yogi was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the birth centenary festival of Rev. Ashok Singhal, the founder of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi movement and former international president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, in Lucknow.
He inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp. A documentary based on the life, struggle of Ashok Singhal and his role in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi movement was also shown at the ceremony. Chief Minister Yogi said that after the temple at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi was demolished in 1528, the Hindu society struggled for its liberation for about 500 years.
Be it in the country or abroad, be it a forest area or a Dalit colony, the name of Ram was always on their lips. He brought Ram Kaju, Binu Mohi and Bishram into his life.
Chief Minister Yogi said that Ashok Singhal also launched a campaign to unite the society along with the Ram Mandir movement. He played an important role in setting up a series of single schools in forest dwellers and slums. Arrangements for the education of children of the North-East were also started from a room in the Vishwa Hindu Parishad office located at Gorakhnath Temple.
Recalling the Ayodhya movement of 1990, he said that when the then Uttar Pradesh government was opening fire on Ram devotees, Ashok Singhal did not bow down before the power. On November 2, 1990, his lion roar was heard even amidst lathi charge and firing on Ram devotees. Today the embodiment of his dreams is visible in the form of a grand Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Chief Minister Yogi alleged that when the case of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi reached the court, on one hand Ashok Singhal's team of advocates, archaeologists and subject experts were gathering evidence, on the other hand Congress, Samajwadi Party and Leftists were creating obstacles to prevent the decision in favor of Ram Temple. He also accused Congress of raising questions in the court regarding the existence of Lord Ram and Krishna.
He said that despite being invited to the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram temple and the consecration of Ram Lalla, these people did not go because they were seeing a vote bank. The light that Ashok Singhal lit in the 1980s was not limited to Ram Janmabhoomi only, but was a campaign to revive the dignity of India's human points and eliminate the signs of slavery.
Chief Minister Yogi recalled the meetings between his guru Brahmalin Mahant Avedyanath and Ashok Singhal regarding the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He said that both used to discuss the construction of the temple, the strategy of the movement and the vision of future Ayodhya.
Ashok Singhal is remembered because he did what he said. Speech becomes a mantra only when there is no difference between speech and conduct.
Chief Minister Yogi said that Ayodhya, which was once neglected, today has Ram Path, Dharma Path, Bhakti Path and Janmabhoomi Path. There is uninterrupted and pure water of Saryu in Ram Ki Paadi. An international airport has been built in the name of Maharishi Valmiki and Ayodhya has become a solar city.
Chief Minister Yogi said that cow protection is not just a matter of speech or street agitation, but a matter of conduct. After the formation of the government in 2017, illegal slaughter houses were closed and strict laws were made. More than 16 lakh cows are being conserved in more than 7,700 cowsheds in the state. Rs 1,500 is being provided every month for each cow.
He called upon people to join Gopalan himself. Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Central Organization General Secretary Milind Parande said that Ashok Singhal dedicated his life to fulfill the age-old aspiration of the Hindu society to build a grand Ram temple.
The Ram Janmabhoomi movement increased pride in the Hindu society for its identity. He also remembered the works of Ashok Singhal for social harmony and Veda education. Jagatguru Shri Krishna Shah Vidyarthi Maharaj, who was presiding over the program, described Ashok Singhal's struggle for Shri Ram Temple as praiseworthy. He emphasized on uniting the society while keeping the dignity and principles of religion intact.