Of the total 1.30 crore electorate, the early voters included RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a school in Nagpur.

In 91 constituencies across India, over 14.21 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,279 candidates in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said the Ayodhya issue was at a decisive stage, suggesting that those campaigning for the construction of a Ram temple should wait it out for a few months.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lamented that though there was no war going on, soldiers were still dying on the country's borders.

In 1992, those agitating for the temple at Ayodhya had approached then prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, but he did not take a prompt decision, the RSS chief said. 

Urging the Modi govt to bring a law for the construction of the Ram temple, Bhagwat said that the issue is linked to the identity of the Hindus.

He said "politics is delaying the construction of Ram Mandir" and that it is in "nobody's interest to test the patience of the society without any reason."

Mohan Bhagwat said that the construction of Ram temple will also pave way for an atmosphere of goodwill and oneness in the country.

The RSS chief said that Bharat’s progress will have to be achieved by rejuvenating all precincts of national life, being rooted in its eternal ethos

The former VHP leader further alleged the RSS was not interested in pursuing the cause of building a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party are committed to constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya but certain things take time, Bhagwat said at a function held at Patanjali Yogpeeth on Monday.

"Women have been handling family affairs and acting as leaders in major sectors, which is a positive indication," Bhagwat said in a gathering at Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sansthan today.

Addressing eminent academicians at an event at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi said that the strength of the country is that people are allowed to discuss ideas.

The RSS chief pitched for protection of cows but made it clear that no one can be allowed to go against the law in the name of such vigilantism.

Bhagwat said there is a perception that the RSS plays a key role in the functioning of a particular party, a reference to the BJP, because of the presence of many of its workers in that organisation, but it is wrong.

On the first day of the conclave, "Bhavishya Ka Bharat -- An RSS Perspective", Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said the event was being organised so that people could understand the organisation.

With "Hindutva" as the central theme, the highlight will be talks to be delivered on all three days by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, presenting the Sangh's view on various contemporary issues of national importance.  

Earlier on Friday, speaking at the second World Hindu Congress in Chicago, Bhagwat made a clarion call to the Hindu community and urged them to work for the betterment of the mankind.

The RSS chief pointed out that Hindus neither oppose anybody nor aspire to dominate and said that the key to unite the world is to control ego and accepting the consensus.

"We have to come together," Bhagwat said, noting that all the people need not to register under one umbrella.