43. Instead of Shri Rama Janmabhoomi movement are there no other important issues to be tackled by the society?

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.