The die is cast. In a far-reaching approach, which is all set to impact the country's political discourse, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has intensified pressure tactics in the Ram temple issue. The RSS said on Friday that it would not hesitate to launch a 1992-like mass agitation if needed, because it cannot wait indefinitely to get a temple built at Ayodhya's disputed site, adding that the Supreme Court had insulted Hindu sentiments by postponing the hearing in the case.

RSS general secretary Suresh, alias Bhaiyyaji Joshi, said this while addressing media persons in Bhayandar near Mumbai where the organisation's three-day national executive conclave ended yesterday.