Ashok Singhal Ji who kept the foundation of Ram temple building movement
"Ashok Singhal Ji is no more. The announcement is coming in a few minutes," a source from Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) told me on Tuesday. Instantly, my mind came back in October 1989, when I first met him. Singhal was in Digambar Akhada in Ayodhya; In another meeting of the Ram Mandir in Ram Mandal's campaign of Ram Mandir, in the Ram Mandir meeting, which was said by the Rajiv Gandhi government, yes for a Shilnia near the disputed Babri Masjid.
From the arched entrance to the Akhada, Singhal emerged. I removed two questions and got furious. He raised his voice and said, "Hindus have to meet Ram temple in Ayodhya. I will die after I do not do it."
Ashok Singhal Ji will never be remembered as the most discriminating figure in Indian politics, without ever being in active politics. A senior association, while briefing me on the role of Singhal, said, "What did the Banaras Hindu University do to them by metallurgy engineers - to convert raw metal, often in the form of ore, in a more usable format."
He again made Hindutva in a moment, easy to sell political mix. He shaped the concept of "car service" for the Ram temple at the end of the 80s, and on December 6, 1992 thousands of people involved in the concept of "Car Service for Ram temple" brought Babri Masjid.
Ashok Singhal Ji status increased in "family" after Babri demolition In 1994, he was in Lucknow in the RSS camp. If sitting on the stage then RSS chief Rajinder Singh or Raju Bhaiya and on the chair alone, Ashok Singhal Ji. The star of Ram Janabhumi Rath Yatra, LK Advani and the then BJP President, was sitting in the next line of audience. I asked Vinay Katiyar, then an upcoming face of war Hindutva about the arrangement of seating "This is the protocol," said Katyar.
Ashok Singhal Ji was a trained singer On the journey of Mahavir Bhawan of Allahabad in 1997, located behind the activists and supporters of Nehru's Anand Bhavani-Union, Singhal said, who were talking about the importance of patriotic songs. He only agreed to sing his favorite 'Bharat Punit Bharat Vishal'.
On that day he remembered his first encounter with RSS on BHU in the 1940s. At that time, Bhau Rao Devas, brother of the second RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras was posted in Uttar Pradesh to recruit young qualified students in the campus. Singhal and Rajendra Singh, who became the fourth RSS chief, were recruited from Allahabad, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee of Kanpur A year after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, I visited the cities which were struggling with communal violence. In Kanpur, Muslims had left Hindu-Muslim or local areas and on the contrary. The roads going between these clans are called "Boundaries"
Dangers in the crash lanes with vehicles and people were Singhal and Advani heroes in Hindu motions. On the contrary, members of the minority community spoke to Singhal as a symbol of fear. Was not Advani, who was the face of Ram temple movement and Babri demolition.
Ashok Singhal Ji also established VHP's international branding, to open offices in 40 countries. And brought the money for that movement which changed Indian politics.
He was the Chief Convenor of 'Hindu Parliament' before the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in 1984 in Delhi. It brought the Sangh, the saints and the BJP to a stage and the Ramjanmabhoomi Temple movement was born here. Who helped the BJP to come to power in the Center some years later in 1984. The members of the association told Ashok Singhal Ji as a master strategist.
