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RASHTRIYA
SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH
Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal
Kanyakumari, 5-6 July 2003
Resolution-1
Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi
The ABKM reiterates its unqualified support to the just demand of the
Hindu society for restoration of the holy shrines of Ayodhya, Mathura
and Kashi to them. Bhagwan Ram, Bhagwan Krishna and Bhagwan Shankar
symbolise Bharat’s age-old civilisational, cultural and spiritual
identity. Restoration of the pristine glory of these holy places is the
bounden duty of independent Bharat.
History bears testimony to the wanton vandalism of invading Islamic
hordes, which had resulted in the destruction of thousands of Hindu holy
places and construction of many Muslim monuments all over the country.
That the intention of the invaders was to leave a permanent mark of
their victory over this land and pronounce the supremacy of their faith
is clear from the fact that all these monuments of infamy stand either
on the destroyed holy sites or cheek to jaw with Hindu holy places,
reminding people of this country at every day-break about their
subjugation by the foreign invaders for centuries. No self-respecting
nation would tolerate such symbols of dishonour.
It is not out of place here to remind the countrymen about the
restoration of the glory of Somnath immediately after independence. On
the same lines, restoration of three other important holy places –
Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi – should also be done.
The ABKM also reminds countrymen that the Ayodhya issue is not a
Hindu-Muslim dispute. The Ayodhya movement symbolises the manifestation
of the yearning of a national culture for self-respect and honour.
Muslims of Bharat are also inheritors of this national culture and thus
should become torchbearers of its honour and glory along with other
countrymen instead of becoming flag-holders of invaders.
Several efforts are underway for finding a solution to this issue
through negotiations. The ABKM welcomes all such well-meaning efforts
that accommodate the views of the leaders of the Ram Janm Bhumi movement
like the VHP & Hindu saints who have been in the forefront making
countless sacrifices. The ABKM calls upon the Muslim leadership to seize
the historic opportunity and give up their claim over the sites at
Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi so as to pave way for creation of mutual
goodwill and respect between Hindus and Muslims forever. The Muslim
leadership and other sections involved in this process should keep it
always in mind that negotiations should not mean bargain. It is the
right and duty of every citizen of independent Bharat to obliterate all
the symbols of slavery.
However, if the Muslim leadership fails to understand the intensity of
the sentiments of our countrymen and continues with its obdurate and
obscurantist attitude, the ABKM calls upon the Government to explore the
possibility of a legislative option to resolve this issue in the
interest of national unity and communal harmony.
The ABKM takes note of the efforts by certain vested interests to create
a rift in the Hindu movement by spreading untruths and half-truths and
cautions all the organisations to be wary of those elements. Nothing
should be done by way of words or deeds that would directly or
indirectly lead to division in the Hindu ranks.
The ABKM calls upon the patriotic people of our country to raise their
voice in favour of Bharat’s self-respect and honour so that leadership
of the country would strive for restoration of the same, an important
step towards which would be restoration of Hindu holy places of Ayodhya,
Mathura and Kashi.
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