Mumbai: On Saturday Latching onto a news report, the Shiv Sena said the RSS' "new stand" to temporarily put the Ram Mandir issue on the back-burner and give "priority" to Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack fits the current narrative in the country.

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The Sena said the Sangh's changed approach in a way suits the country given the proposed mega alliance of Congress and other parties could never provide stability and bring peace in the country. However, claiming that no damage was inflicted on Pakistan in the last five years, a Sena editorial in "Saamana" questioned the need to repeat the "slogan" to elect a "stable government and a strong prime minister", which was raised ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Sena also underlined the need to have a stable government in the country to prevent recurrence of Pulwama-like incidents.

However, at least 40 troopers of the CRPF were killed in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror attack in the Valley on February 14. In the edit, the Sena also said that "the country is more important than God", an apparent U-turn from its 'Pehle mandir, fir sarkaar' stand, days after sealing a pre-poll pact with the BJP. The party also questioned if the Ram temple will be constructed even after 2019 elections.

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It said "Sangh Parivar has decided to keep aside the Ram temple issue and give attention to topics like Pulwama and Kashmir. RSS also feels that the country needs a strong and a stable government to solve the problems of Kashmir,". Sangh feels terrorism cannot be defeated unless there is a stable government and a strong prime minister at the Centre, the edit said.

Sena referred to a news report which claimed that Sangh now wants its volunteers to bring awareness among people about Pulwama attack instead of talking about the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.