04-07-2006, 08:06 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Support to Rath Yatra a blunder:VHP</b>Â
Deccan
Ahmedabad, PTI:
In a fresh offensive, the VHP on Friday charged senior BJP leader L K Advani yet again with "ideological deviation" for suggesting a negotiated settlement to the vexed Ayodhya issue and said the saffron party required "radical surgery" to be back on the Hindutva track. A day after the Leader of Opposition sought Muslim cooperation for the construction of the Ram temple on the first day of his 'Bharat Suraksha Yatra' at Rajkot, VHP General Secretary Praveen Togadia said his outfit committed a "blunder" by supporting Advani's 'Ram Rath Yatra' in 1990 and blamed the BJP leader for the "Congress-isation" of the party. Last year too, the Sangh Parivar had charged the former Deputy Prime Minister with "ideological erosion" in the wake of his controversial remarks on Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah at his mausoleum in Karachi. "The experience of past 450 years have shown that negotiations have not given positive results and the experience in last 100 years have shown that judicial verdict is also not conclusive. Legislation in Parliament is the surest way to construct the Ram temple", Togadia told PTI in an exclusive interview outrightly rejecting Advani's call for a negotiated settlement of the imbroglio. "By suggesting negotiations with Muslims, Advani has willfully neglected the legislative option. It shows he is not ready to follow the BJP's own 1989 Palampur Resolution and that he has deviated from the ideological stand of the party's national executive," he said. Togadia said the Congress party also favoured a settlement of the Ayodhya issue either through negotiations or court verdict. The only difference between the two parties was that BJP maintained that a central legislation was the surest way to build the temple and "now Advani has deviated from that also".
Asked why VHP cadres were not extending support to Advani's Yatra against UPA Government's "minorityism", he said, "due to experience of last 13 years after Ayodhya demolition, we have come to the conclusion that the leadership of the Hindu movement should not be given to any political person because they may use the movement to gain power but after coming to power may not be able to fulfil the goal. "Hindu movement would be led by a person not active in politics. We did a blunder by supporting Advani's Somnath-Ayodhya Rathyatra. We should not repeat the same mistake again." Asked about Advani's concern over the "Congress-isation of BJP" and the factionalism and corruption in it, the VHP leader said, <b>"if a person who has been the party president for over 15 years feels it, is he not responsible? Who is to be blamed?"</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Deccan
Ahmedabad, PTI:
In a fresh offensive, the VHP on Friday charged senior BJP leader L K Advani yet again with "ideological deviation" for suggesting a negotiated settlement to the vexed Ayodhya issue and said the saffron party required "radical surgery" to be back on the Hindutva track. A day after the Leader of Opposition sought Muslim cooperation for the construction of the Ram temple on the first day of his 'Bharat Suraksha Yatra' at Rajkot, VHP General Secretary Praveen Togadia said his outfit committed a "blunder" by supporting Advani's 'Ram Rath Yatra' in 1990 and blamed the BJP leader for the "Congress-isation" of the party. Last year too, the Sangh Parivar had charged the former Deputy Prime Minister with "ideological erosion" in the wake of his controversial remarks on Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah at his mausoleum in Karachi. "The experience of past 450 years have shown that negotiations have not given positive results and the experience in last 100 years have shown that judicial verdict is also not conclusive. Legislation in Parliament is the surest way to construct the Ram temple", Togadia told PTI in an exclusive interview outrightly rejecting Advani's call for a negotiated settlement of the imbroglio. "By suggesting negotiations with Muslims, Advani has willfully neglected the legislative option. It shows he is not ready to follow the BJP's own 1989 Palampur Resolution and that he has deviated from the ideological stand of the party's national executive," he said. Togadia said the Congress party also favoured a settlement of the Ayodhya issue either through negotiations or court verdict. The only difference between the two parties was that BJP maintained that a central legislation was the surest way to build the temple and "now Advani has deviated from that also".
Asked why VHP cadres were not extending support to Advani's Yatra against UPA Government's "minorityism", he said, "due to experience of last 13 years after Ayodhya demolition, we have come to the conclusion that the leadership of the Hindu movement should not be given to any political person because they may use the movement to gain power but after coming to power may not be able to fulfil the goal. "Hindu movement would be led by a person not active in politics. We did a blunder by supporting Advani's Somnath-Ayodhya Rathyatra. We should not repeat the same mistake again." Asked about Advani's concern over the "Congress-isation of BJP" and the factionalism and corruption in it, the VHP leader said, <b>"if a person who has been the party president for over 15 years feels it, is he not responsible? Who is to be blamed?"</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->