"UP local bodies elections BJP rides the Ram Mandir wave. Wait for the typhoon in 2019," tweeted Swamy from his verified handle, @Swamy39, with nearly six million followers. After it was demolished, the VHP raised a makeshift Ram temple there, saying it was where Lord Ram was born. It was for the first time that an RSS chief had spoken so vehemently on the Ram temple issue in a public address. However, in the run-up to the high-stakes Gujarat election, the Ram temple issue will continue to dominate headlines for now.

Source: India Today December 01, 2017 05:25 UTC