New Delhi, Oct 16: BJP today appealed to Uttar Pradesh government to release all the VHP activists who have been arrested so that there can be a "proper climate" to let the programme in Ayodhya go on peacefully. "I appeal to the state government to release all sants, leaders and Ram bhaktas so that there can be a proper climate to let the VHP programme in Ayodhya go on peacefully," party president M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.
He appealed to the VHP to cooperate with the state government, though "it is not necessary for BJP to agree on each and every programme of VHP. I am of the opinion that some statements of VHP were not good for cause of the temple movement and it is not going to help them". "Wherever we differ we say so publicly and wherever we agree, we work together," he said.
The BJP chief said VHP had greater responsibility and "therefore it must have greater coordination with the Uttar Pradesh government". He expressed happiness that RSS chief K S Sudershan has given the correct advice to Ram bhakhtas so as to ensure that the programme was conducted peacefully. Bureau Report