Twenty six years ago Hindu extremists demolished a mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya. Now they're demanding that that government make good on an election campaign promise to build a temple to the god Ram on the disputed site. CGTN's correspondent Ravinder Bawa tells more from Delhi.

Thousands of ram temple supporters landed in Delhi to demand the construction of a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. The slogans of building the temple resounded across Delhi and by afternoon the pitch of the slogans got louder.

These pro temple Hindu groups want the government to bring a legislation before the 2019 elections for an early construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The congregation of Hindu priests challenged the government to give a deadline or else their agitation will continue.

SUNIL SHARMA TEMPLE SUPPORTER "The government makes laws on other issues, it makes ordinance in other matters, so we want the government to make a law or an ordinance to build the beautiful temple in Ayodhya."

KAMALJEET TEMPLE SUPPORTER "The temple must be built. Firstly, There was a temple at that site. Secondly, after the demolition, excavations were carried out they found remains of two temples. The court has accepted that there was a temple in the past, so we should build it again."

The Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP government came to power for the first time with the promise to build the Ram temple. On 6th December 1992 the ancient mosque at the disputed site was demolished by temple supporters and since then the title suit of the Ayodhya case has been in the courts. The next hearing of the case is in January 2019, but the right-wing groups are demanding that the government sidestep the courts and go ahead with the temple building.

NEERJA CHOWDHURY POLITICAL COMMENTATOR "If the government sidesteps the court and goes for an ordinance it might rub its allies the wrong was they will need their allies in the forthcoming election. And once the temple is made then what. So the BJP will keep the issue alive to consolidate their Hindu vote and might say that we will bring the ordinance if you vote for us again."

The right-wing groups have been doing door to door campaigning in Delhi for about ten days. If the bill does not come in the winter session which begins on 11th December, these groups will continue with such campaigns in other parts of India. Ravinder Bawa, Delhi.