New Delhi, July 01: BJP was today optimistic that there would be a positive outcome to the efforts to resolve the Ayodhya issue on the basis of the formula evolved by the Kanchi Shankaracharya. "The resolution of the Ayodhya issue is moving in a positive direction and we hope it is resolved amicably," party spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here.

Naqvi said the party supported the government's efforts to find a solution to the Ayodhya issue as it was doing so "keeping in view the national interests and that it would take any step which would maintain the self-respect of the people." He said even though BJP favoured construction of a temple in Ayodhya, but it should be done on the basis of a negotiated settlement among all the concerned communities, negotiated settlement or court verdict.

Bureau Report