The Congress on Saturday reacted sharply to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's remarks on the Ayodhya issue accusing him of playing a "double card" in league with the VHP on the issue.
"The BJP government and more particularly Vajpayee plays double card. On the one hand he told VHP to go for temple construction, while on the other to keep NDA partners behind him. He assures them that he would not allow the construction," AICC General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad told a TV news channel.
In fact, Azad said that VHP and NDA government are one on the construction of the temple and they were making differing statements only to "mislead" the people.
"To mislead the public, the VHP and NDA government are making different statements at different places", he said, adding that it was difficult to say that they were two different organisations.
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