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Talks between communities only way out of Ayodhya wrangle: Advani
Varanasi, Feb 21: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said Muslim leaders and many others in the country had been urging him to promote a dialogue between the two communities to resolve the vexed Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi issue.
Varanasi, Feb 21: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said Muslim leaders and many others in the country had been urging him to promote a dialogue between the two communities to resolve the vexed Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi issue.
Addressing a rally here, Advani said there were only three ways open to find a solution: through court and judicial pronouncements, an act of parliament, or through mutual dialogue.
Even a legal pronouncement was bound to leave some sections unhappy and therefore finding a solution through a dialogue between the two communities was the best course.
This view had been expressed even by the large sections of Muslim leaders who had been meeting him and they were keen that this process should be expedited.
Advani said that finding a solution to the Ayodhya imbroglio will not only lead to better communal ties within the country, but also help solve the Kashmir tangle and ease ties with Pakistan.
Drawing comparisons between the Ayodhya developments and good governance, he said the Bharatiya Janata Party would seek a mandate on the basis of the government`s achievements in the last five years, and for making India a developed nation by 2020.
He expressed surprise that a mature party like the Congress had taken objection to the `India Shining` campaign. He said after the 1971 war and the creation of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had not even attempted to belittle the feel good campaign launched by the Congress. He said this was probably the first time that a government was going in for polls so confidently without the absence of an anti-incumbency factor.
Meanwhile, he indicated that polls could also be held in Uttar Pradesh along with the Lok Sabha elections if the people of the state gave a mandate in that direction. Responding to a suggestion made by former up chief minister Kalyan Singh, he said that this could become a reality.
Earlier, Singh said state assembly polls could not be ruled out because of the failure of the Mulayalam Singh Yadav government on all fronts.
Bureau Report
Even a legal pronouncement was bound to leave some sections unhappy and therefore finding a solution through a dialogue between the two communities was the best course.
This view had been expressed even by the large sections of Muslim leaders who had been meeting him and they were keen that this process should be expedited.
Advani said that finding a solution to the Ayodhya imbroglio will not only lead to better communal ties within the country, but also help solve the Kashmir tangle and ease ties with Pakistan.
Drawing comparisons between the Ayodhya developments and good governance, he said the Bharatiya Janata Party would seek a mandate on the basis of the government`s achievements in the last five years, and for making India a developed nation by 2020.
He expressed surprise that a mature party like the Congress had taken objection to the `India Shining` campaign. He said after the 1971 war and the creation of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had not even attempted to belittle the feel good campaign launched by the Congress. He said this was probably the first time that a government was going in for polls so confidently without the absence of an anti-incumbency factor.
Meanwhile, he indicated that polls could also be held in Uttar Pradesh along with the Lok Sabha elections if the people of the state gave a mandate in that direction. Responding to a suggestion made by former up chief minister Kalyan Singh, he said that this could become a reality.
Earlier, Singh said state assembly polls could not be ruled out because of the failure of the Mulayalam Singh Yadav government on all fronts.
Bureau Report