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New Delhi: Welcoming Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) support to Sangh Parivar demand for a legislation for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on July 19 said the onus was now on other political parties to ensure that it was passed in view of BJP's lack of numbers in Parliament.

"It is good that the largest political party in the country and the party which is running the government has come out clear in favour of a legislative solution to the issue," RSS spokesman Ram Madhav said.

"Now it means that the onus is on other political parties," he said referring to BJP's resolution on Ayodhya adopted at its National Executive at Raipur, which said that for the legislative option to be "fruitful", National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies and especially the Opposition Congress would have to extend their support to it.

On BJP's view that it was not in a position to enact a legislation for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya because the present arithmetic in Parliament was not in favour of it, he said, "That is true. That is why the onus is on other political parties.

"Political maturity suggests that they should also join hands with the BJP so that this issue will not go back to the people's court again. Let it be solved in Parliament," he said.

Madhav said Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) was of the view that legislative option was the best and if the present government could not bring a resolution, a government that could bring a solution would be installed.

Meanwhile, senior VHP leader Acharya Giriraj Kishore warned that if a Bill on the issue were not introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament, an agitation would be launched, the details of which would be decided in due course.

"A meeting of the VHP will be held on September 13 to chalk out the agitational course," he said and asked NDA allies and main Opposition Congress to make their stand clear on the matter.

PTI