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Venkaiah rejects VHP`s demand
Chennai, June 27: The BJP today rejected the VHP`s demand that the party come out of the NDA and the government, if it was unable to bring a legislation to build a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya.
Chennai, June 27: The BJP today rejected the VHP's
demand that the party come out of the NDA and the government,
if it was unable to bring a legislation to build a Ram temple
at the disputed site at Ayodhya.
The BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu told a press conference here today that the VHP's demand was totally unacceptable to the party. Though the party stood for a temple for lord Ram at his birth place at Ayodhya, the VHP's demand for a legislation for that was not possible, he said.
He said the NDA government was governed by the agenda for national governance and the BJP would not thrust its ideas on its coalition partners. "We are running a coalition and believe in coalition dharma", he said. He said he had conveyed this to the RSS leaders, whom he met recently.
Welcoming the initiative taken by the seer of the Kanchi Mutt, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi for a solution to the Ayodhya tangle, he said the centre would intervene at an appropriate time. It would involve everybody, including theVHP , in the talks for a solution to the issue, he said.
Describing reports that the BJP was in favour of advancing the Lok Sabha polls as 'speculative', he said the party wanted the polls to be held as per the schedule next year.
Bureau Report
The BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu told a press conference here today that the VHP's demand was totally unacceptable to the party. Though the party stood for a temple for lord Ram at his birth place at Ayodhya, the VHP's demand for a legislation for that was not possible, he said.
He said the NDA government was governed by the agenda for national governance and the BJP would not thrust its ideas on its coalition partners. "We are running a coalition and believe in coalition dharma", he said. He said he had conveyed this to the RSS leaders, whom he met recently.
Welcoming the initiative taken by the seer of the Kanchi Mutt, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi for a solution to the Ayodhya tangle, he said the centre would intervene at an appropriate time. It would involve everybody, including theVHP , in the talks for a solution to the issue, he said.
Describing reports that the BJP was in favour of advancing the Lok Sabha polls as 'speculative', he said the party wanted the polls to be held as per the schedule next year.
Bureau Report