Statement of Sri S.Vedanthamji, Working President (Intl), VHP

A Great victory for Ram Bakthas

For millions of Hindus Ramasethu was the bridge built by Nala & Neela under the instructions from Lord Ram to cross over the sea and redeem Sita Matha from Sri Lanka

The so called secular Govt. in Bharath in the garb of development wanted to demolish the Ram Sethu and implement the SSCP project though alternate route is available. To establish their claim they even dared to challenge the existence of Bhagawan Rama and the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu has gone to the extent of calling Rama as a drunkard.

The VHP and parivar organizations jointly put up a fight against the pseudo secularists for hurting the Hindu sentiments.

After many agitations & programmes like fasting, public meetings and rallies, road roko, and Rath yatra with the floating stones taken from the Ram sethu which were conducted in the nook and corner of the country evoked a very great response from the public. In order to show the solidarity of Hindus on this issue it was decided to organize a mammoth rally in the capital of the country to send a strong message to the Government.

This Rama Setu Mahasammelan convened by Rameswaram Rama Sethu Raksha Manch a forum exclusively formed for this purpose by VHP, was held on 30 Dec. 2007 from 11 AM to 5 PM is a historic movement, unprecedented in the annals of Indian history.Over 10 lakh Ramabakthas had assembled on a 27 lakh sq. ft. ground of Swarna Jayanti Park, Rohini, New Delhi in spite of the Mercury touching as low as 3 degree Celsius.

The vast park which was 1 km in both length and breadth was filled to capacity and the participants had to find accommodation on the parks and pathways adjacent to the Japani Park which had become Rama Setu Vaatika.

Sri Sudarsanji-RSS , Sri Ashok Singhlaji, Sri Vedantamji, Sri Praveen Togadia, Sri Rajnath Singh, BJP leaders like Dr Murali Manohar Joshi, Sri Arun Jaitley, Smt Sushma Swaraj, all the Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states and many MPs and MLAs from BJP have attended the programme.

The programme was presided over by Sankaracharya of Jyotish mutt and attended by many sadhus and Sanyasis from all over Bharath. To name a few: Sri Vishveshteertha Swamigal of Pejawar Mutt Udupi, Sadvi Ritambaradevi, Mahanth Sri Nruthya Gopal Doss, Acharya Dharmendra, Sri Ramvilas Vedanthi.

The 27 lakh sq ft ground which was full of bushes and litter was cleaned and made available for use in just 7 days by the local BJP MLA and the municipal councilors.

The participants came from every nook and corner of India by over 100 trains and using over 10,000 buses, 6000 cars, and thousands of two-wheelers and by pada yatra. Elaborate arrangements were made in New Delhi and nearby railway stations to receive people coming from remote corners of the country. VHP has booked more than 1000 temples 70 schools , 250 community centres and 50 dharansalas for accommodating more than 65000 participants. Over 10 lakh food packets were contributed by the people of Delhi and distributed to all the participants as they entered Delhi.

The message from the meeting was emphatic, loud and clear: declare Rama Setu as world heritage monument, declare Rameshwaram as divyakshetram and apologise for the comments made which have hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus world-wide.

Due to this unexpected and unprecedented Hindu resurgence manifested in the form of such a vast congregation in the political capital of India the government is now scared to implement the Sethu Samudram Canal project fearing the backlash of Hindus.