Sena against linking ceasefire to Ramzan

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, NOV. 26. The Shiv Sena chief, Mr. Bal Thackeray, deplored his followers' act of burning the effigy of the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and warned them that such misbehaviour should not be indulged in, particularly in case of a friendly party.

In a late Saturday night statement to the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, Saamna, Mr. Thackeray said his party was not opposed to the ceasefire as such, but to the Government's linking it to Ramzan. Since Pakistan-trained terrorists never took into account the religious importance of the pilgrimage to Amarnath when unleashing violence, or in killing Holi revellers and massacring innocent Sikhs, the Government should not have cared so much for Ramzan. The Shiv Sena chief described his decision not to further pressure and embarrass the Vajpayee Government as a bitter pill gulped in national interests.

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