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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>BJP to stall Parliament on Setu - PTI</span>

Accusing the government of taking "undue advantage" of the opposition's cooperation in passing the Budget, the BJP today said it will not let the Parliament session to progress without an open discussion on the Ram Setu issue.

BJP Parliamentary Party spokesman V K Malhotra told reporters here the ruling party was not letting the discussion take place in the House for past three days despite a calling attention motion being passed on it.

Malhotra alleged the UPA government wanted to "blow up" Ram Setu before any discussion took place on the issue. "If any harm is done to Ram Setu, there will be a countrywide agitation," he warned and said not only religious-minded people were against the government's plan to breach Ram Setu but experts from different fields were also against the plan (for a shipping canal).

He said there was a conspiracy behind deferring the discussion on the issue and accused the government of an anti-Hindu policy to destroy the ancient bridge.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>Chandraswamy joins Save Ram Setu Mission - Patna Daily </span>

Controversial 'godman' of yesteryears, Chandraswamy, during a press conference at the residence of Janata Dal (U) leader Nagmani on Wednesday in Patna, accused the central government of trying to demolish the Ram Setu, the ancient bridge between Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka, to develop a shipping canal project, saying he would intensify his protest to discourage the government from doing so.

"The bridge should be declared a national heritage site and until that goal is achieved, we will continue our fight against the government's attempt to destroy it," adding he was not averse to seeking support from the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and prominent Muslim and Buddhist organizations in this regard. Chandraswamy arrived in Patna to promote his crusade after visiting Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. From Patna, he is to organize protests in Jharkhand, Nagmani said.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>सेतु परियोजना की राह में कोई प्राचीन पुल नहीं : बालू</span> - Dainik Jagran

पोत परिवहन मंत्री टी आर बालू ने बुधवार को लोकसभा में अविनाश राय खन्ना के प्रश्न के लिखित उत्तार में कहा कि सेतु समुद्रम नहर परियोजना की प्रस्तावित मार्ग रेखा में किसी प्राचीन मानव निर्मित ढांचे की मौजूदगी का कोई वैज्ञानिक साक्ष्य नहीं है। मंत्री से पूछा गया था कि क्या रामेश्वरम के निकट कोई पुल पाया गया है जिसे रामायण के समय का माना जाता है। यह भी सवाल किया गया था कि क्या इस पुल के पुनरुद्धार के लिए कदम उठाए जाने की योजना है जिसके जवाब में बालू ने कहा कि प्रश्न नहीं उठते।
{Translation: Baalu answering in writing to a question of MP Mr. Avinash Rai Khanna in Lok Sabha, once again reiterated that government does not believe there is any man-made structure on the channel configuration, therefore question of protecting it as heritage does not arise}
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<span style='color:red'>Rama Sethu: Historic facts vs political fiction ? Part III by V SUNDARAM</span>
http://newstodaynet.com/2007sud/may07/090507.htm
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