Lucknow, June 25: Ignoring vehement opposition from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to a negotiated settlement of the vexed Ayodhya tangle on the basis of the Kanchi seer's formula, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today made it clear that it would go ahead with its proposed July 6 meeting of the working committee to discuss the seer's proposals. "The VHP's opposition will have no affect on the board's working committee meeting slated for July 6 to consider the seer's formula," AIMPLB spokesman Maulana Sajjad Nomani said.

It may be recalled that a meeting of the pro-VHP saints at Ayodhya yesterday had asked the Kanchi seer to stop his efforts to broker any solution of the Ayodhya issue with some Muslim organisations.

The meeting warned the NDA government that if VHP and sants will not be taken into confidence in that matter, a countrywide agitation would be launched to oppose the one-sided move.

Bureau Report