New Delhi, Oct 14: As tensions rose ahead of VHP's Ram temple campaign on October 17 in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today reviewed the situation with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and RSS leadership stepped in to lower temperatures but VHP continued its attack against Vajpayee. The day began with RSS leader Ram Madhav meeting Advani, followed by discussions between VHP and RSS leaders on how to check the situation from going out of control.

Expressing fraternal solidarity, RSS chief K S Sudarshan spoke to Vajpayee and is understood to have discussed the need for arrangements for peaceful execution of VHP programme and to impress on the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh not to carry out "repressive" measures against the Ram bhakts.
BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu was also present at the meeting between Vajpayee and Advani which decided that Union Minister of State for Home Swami Chinmayananda would coordinate with the VHP to ensure that the programme passed off without any violence.

It was also decided at the meeting that no trains would be either stopped or diverted as this would only put people to hardship.

Meanwhile, VHP continued its attack against the Prime Minister holding him "directly responsible" for the "repression" on Ram bhakts. It exposed the anti-Hindu image of the Centre, VHP leader Surendra Jain told reporters.
Bureau Report