67 per cent of the respondents said they want the Modi government to bring in an ordinance to facilitate construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. (Photo: Getty Images)

The demand for construction of a Ram mandir at the site of the Babri masjid in Ayodhya is likely to be one of the key issues that will be raised in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Less than three months ahead of the general election, a poll conducted by India Today-Karvy has found that 69 per cent people want that a Ram temple should be constructed at the disputed site in Ayodhya. While 22 per cent people polled say it should not.

A total of 13,000 people participated in the India Today-Karvy poll.

Besides this, 67 per cent of the respondents said they want the Modi government to bring in an ordinance to facilitate the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya at the spot where the Babri masjid once stood.

Twenty four per cent respondents said they are not in favour of an ordinance, while 9 per cent said they have no views on this.

The Ayodhya land title dispute is presently being heard by the Supreme Court which has constituted a five-member Constitution bench to decide the dispute.

Various right-wing organisations and many leaders of the BJP and the Shiv Sena have been pressuring the Modi government to come up with an ordinance in favour of the Ram temple.

In a telivised interview to news agency ANI on January 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said his governmnet will wait for the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram mandir case.

The India Today-Karvy poll gave a different picture when respondents were asked about the Supreme Court verdict. A total of 58 per cent respondents said they want the Ram temple to be constructed only after the Supreme Court delivers its verdict on the Ram mandir-Babri masjid Ayodhya land title dispute.

Thirty per cent of the respondents said they want the temple to be constructed even before the Supreme Court verdict, while 12 per cent said they have no views on this matter.

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