The top brass of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had a seven-hour closed-door brainstorming session at a resort in Lucknow on Wednesday.

This session was focused on the preparations for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but the Ram temple issue also prominently figured at the core group meeting. RSS joint general secretary Krishna Gopal said that it was a routine RSS meeting affiliates and nothing more should be read out of it.

Sources confirmed to India Today TV that the RSS had discussed the Ram temple issue at the meeting. BJP chief Amit Shah, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Keshav Maurya and Bhupender Yadav were present from the BJP's side, while Dattatreya Hosabale from RSS along with Ramlal and Dr Krishna Gopal were also present.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat also stressed on his recent demand for a law on the Ram temple while the BJP has said that the party's position is the same which it was in 1990 the party is committed to the Ram temple issue but wants to wait for the Supreme Court verdict.

Speaking to India Today TV, UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's said that the BJP cannot comment on the meeting as it was convened by the RSS for its affiliates and BJP is one of them.

Speaking about the BJP's position, Maurya said that that legislation or ordinance on Ram temple is an option but it can only be used when the verdict of court turn up inconclusive.

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