New Delhi, May 05: Congress today said it would not allow the VHP to "communalise" the atmosphere through trishul diksha programmes, but pleaded ignorance about reported statement of Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony that his government would not ban any such moves. "I have not seen any statement of the chief minister supporting or allowing Togadia to come and distribute trishuls in Kerala", party spokesman Satyavrat Chaturvedi told reporters. He said it was regrettable that the VHP was undertaking such a divisive programme when the Prime Minister has extended hand of friendship to Pakistan.

Bureau Report