New Delhi. The first major political turning point in the Ayodhya dispute came on 1 February 1986. At that time Rajiv Gandhi's Congress government was at the centre. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh was Veer Bahadur Singh. At that time, the District Judge of Faizabad had ordered to open the locks of the disputed complex and allow Hindu devotees to have darshan inside. The administration got the locks opened the same day. After this the Ram Mandir movement got new momentum. However, this order was not given by Rajiv Gandhi personally, it was given by the court.
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After this, the foundation stone of Ram temple was laid in Ayodhya on 9 November 1989. In this program, Kameshwar Chaupal, coming from Dalit community, laid the first stone. A few days before this, on 3 November 1989, Rajiv Gandhi had started the Congress's Lok Sabha election campaign from Faizabad and talked about establishing Ramrajya. Apart from this, Rajiv Gandhi's concept of Ramrajya is seen to be linked with Mahatma Gandhi's idea of justice, morality and ideal governance.
Even after this, the Ayodhya dispute continued to escalate and on 6 December 1992, Kar Sevaks demolished the Babri Masjid. At that time, Congress's PV Narasimha Rao was in power at the centre. Whereas in Uttar Pradesh there was BJP's Kalyan Singh government. Let us tell you that
After this incident, communal violence also took place in many parts of the country.
Now in Sonia Gandhi's new book 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', Rajiv Gandhi's thinking of Ramrajya and Ayodhya dispute has been mentioned. Sonia Gandhi has claimed that Rajiv Gandhi wanted to present a different political alternative through the Gandhian concept of Ramrajya, but his attempt failed. On this matter, BJP has raised questions on the old politics of Congress and the statements of Sonia Gandhi. BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi has also mentioned Rajiv Gandhi's 1989 statement about Ramrajya.