BJP again
takes Ayodhya issue to high pitch
Monday, September 06, 2010 09:12:02 AM,
IANS
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Lucknow: The Ayodhya temple issue
that helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) come to power in the
past appears to be taking a dominant position once again with a
meeting of the party's Uttar Pradesh executive concluding Sunday
by taking it to a high pitch.
Spelling out the BJP's priority vis-a-vis the Ayodhya issue,
party's former president Rajnath Singh said: "The Ayodhya temple
is bound to be a reality - come what may."
His announcement during the valedictory address came amidst
reverberating cries of "Jai Shri Ram".
Taking the up Ayodhya issue, Singh asked: "Who does not believe
that Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya?"
Training his guns at the opposition, he said: "I wish to tell such
political parties which repeatedly want to know why he BJP was
always raising the Ayodhya issue that if we do not do so then who
else will do that?"
"There is no other political party in the country that is
interested in talking about construction of the Ram temple in
Ayodhya, there is none to raise the Kashmir issue or the Ram setu
question. Therefore, we must consider it our foremost duty to
fight for the cause of the temple, which is closely related to the
cultural ethos and heritage of this nation," he said.
Answering reporters' queries later, the former Uttar Pradesh chief
minister blamed the state government for needlessly beefing up
security ahead of an Allahabad High Court verdict in mid-September
in the 125-year-old litigation over the disputed temple site.
"I feel the state government's move to beef up security to
unprecedented levels could prove counter-productive by causing
unnecessary tension," he said.
Rajnath Singh was evasive when asked about Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)
supremo Ashok Singhal's reported comment that the BJP was
responsible for "politicising" the Ayodhya issue.
"I am not aware of any such remarks by him, so I would not like to
comment on that," he said.
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