05-09-2005, 05:45 PM
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PTI/ Coimbatore
The VHP on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw cases against the Kanchi Sankaracharyas and pave the way for their release before the issue boomeranged on it.
Briefing reporters about the deliberations on the VHP's two-day executive meeting, VHP all-India international vice-president S Vedantham alleged that a "mini emergency-like" situation was prevailing in the state where both acharyas and other staff of the Kanchi mutt had been arrested and were being "mentally tortured".
"Since a petition was pending before the Supreme Court, seeking transfer of cases to another state, it would be better if the government withdrew the cases and pave the way for the release of the seers. Otherwise, there was every possibility that it would boomerang on the government," he said. <b>Asked whether the VHP feared that cases would be booked against the acharyas under the narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances act, he said. "The government may go to any extent."</b>
Referring to RSS chief KS Sudarshan's statement on BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani, he said though he did not have the full text, "It is a welcome statement and should be applicable to all".Â
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PTI/ Coimbatore
The VHP on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw cases against the Kanchi Sankaracharyas and pave the way for their release before the issue boomeranged on it.
Briefing reporters about the deliberations on the VHP's two-day executive meeting, VHP all-India international vice-president S Vedantham alleged that a "mini emergency-like" situation was prevailing in the state where both acharyas and other staff of the Kanchi mutt had been arrested and were being "mentally tortured".
"Since a petition was pending before the Supreme Court, seeking transfer of cases to another state, it would be better if the government withdrew the cases and pave the way for the release of the seers. Otherwise, there was every possibility that it would boomerang on the government," he said. <b>Asked whether the VHP feared that cases would be booked against the acharyas under the narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances act, he said. "The government may go to any extent."</b>
Referring to RSS chief KS Sudarshan's statement on BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani, he said though he did not have the full text, "It is a welcome statement and should be applicable to all".Â
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