09-19-2007, 01:22 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sonia can't shirk responsibility for affidavit: VHP </b>
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday said Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi could not escape the responsibility of insulting the faith of Hindus by just making a couple of Government officers scapegoats for the controversial affidavit filed by the Centre in the Supreme Court vis-Ã -vis the row over Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP).
VHP leaders who met here to take stock of the situation following the Government's decision to withdraw the affidavit and the agitation going on across the country also suggested the Centre to re-consider the different alignments available so that the Ram Setu could be saved.
VHP leaders felt Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karundanidhi's remarks on Lord Ram exposes that he was having some "hidden interest" in the SSCP. "He has also sought to divide the country by raising the issue of Arya versus Dravids. It is highly objectionable and condemnable," the outfit said in a resolution adopted after the meeting.
<b>It also warned the Centre for an intense backlash in case if it decided to go ahead with the SSCP with present alignments and demolish the Ram Setu in order to complete the SSCP. The VHP also urged upon people to shun regionalism and launch a comprehensive and united campaign against any attempt to destroy the structure of historical and cultural importance.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday said Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi could not escape the responsibility of insulting the faith of Hindus by just making a couple of Government officers scapegoats for the controversial affidavit filed by the Centre in the Supreme Court vis-Ã -vis the row over Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP).
VHP leaders who met here to take stock of the situation following the Government's decision to withdraw the affidavit and the agitation going on across the country also suggested the Centre to re-consider the different alignments available so that the Ram Setu could be saved.
VHP leaders felt Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karundanidhi's remarks on Lord Ram exposes that he was having some "hidden interest" in the SSCP. "He has also sought to divide the country by raising the issue of Arya versus Dravids. It is highly objectionable and condemnable," the outfit said in a resolution adopted after the meeting.
<b>It also warned the Centre for an intense backlash in case if it decided to go ahead with the SSCP with present alignments and demolish the Ram Setu in order to complete the SSCP. The VHP also urged upon people to shun regionalism and launch a comprehensive and united campaign against any attempt to destroy the structure of historical and cultural importance.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->