[IMC-Editorial] [India Thinkers Net] BJP leaders are hypocrites: VHP

[India Thinkers Net at Zinester.com]

BJP leaders are hypocrites: VHP 

PTI- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 

LUCKNOW: VHP supremo Ashok Singhal on Tuesday made a 
scathing attack on BJP leaders charging them with 
"hypocrisy and doublespeak" on the Ram temple issue 
even as he warned the Uttar Pradesh government of 
dire consequences if it obstructed the outfit's 
October 17 programme in Ayodhya.

 

Terming the saffron party's leaders as "hypocrites", 
Singhal told reporters here, "The NDA is hostile to 
Ram temple agenda. BJP should clarify whether it 
supports the Ram temple or not. Its leaders should 
not talk with a forked tongue - giving statement in 
favour of the temple outside Parliament and doing a 
somersault in the House."

 

He said a legislation to facilitate construction of 
Ram temple was possible if Prime Minister Atal Bihari 
Vajpayee so desired.

 

"Vajpayee has a political stature... if he wishes, 
a legislation in favour of Ram temple construction 
could be passed," he said.

 

He, however, said the VHP would not allow any political 
party to draw mileage from the Ayodhya issue. "Political 
parties themselves have to decide whether to support 
our resolve to construct the Ram temple."

 

Singhal also warned the state government of "grave 
consequence" if it banned the proposed VHP programme 
at Ayodhya on October 17.

 

"We have planned to organise a peaceful programme at 
Ayodhya but if VHP activists are prevented from 
reaching there, the situation may go out of hands," 
he cautioned.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/
articleshow?msid=210159


----------------------------------------------------------------------
India Thinkers Net was delivered to you by Zinester.

Unsubscription link: http://www.zinester.com/mpb/unsub.cgi?76029&imc-editorial@indymedia.org
Subscription link: http://www.zinester.com/mpb/ml_fs.cgi?topic=76029


Visit our sponsor:

Snowboarding? Yes Smoking? No!
Tell ESPN to stop selling cigarettes to our kids. SmokeOutESPN.org
http://www.zinester.com/cgi/c.cgi?u=1&a=5335