Society always deals with many issues
of varying importance at any one time. An effort to tackle the Shri Rama
Janmabhoomi issue does not mean that the effort to educate the masses,
for example, is kept in the background.
Also, this question has validity only
if it is contended that it is because of the Shri Rama Janmabhoomi movement
that the country's economic and social progress has been held back. The
movement came to the centre stage only in the mid-80s. All the data show
that that up to this time the country was in a poor state as measured
by any parameter. The data also show that since then the country has progressed
forward, at accelerated pace. Thus it is clear indication that even while
the Shri Rama Janmabhoomi movement has come to the centre stage, the people
of this country did not ignore the other issues. |