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VHP is playing with fire: Arjun Singh
Ashok Singhal (fourth from right), Paramhans Ramchandra Das (third from right) and other VHP leaders at a rally in New Delhi on Sunday. - Photo: M. Lakshman
The Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, presenting the banner to a Maharashtra Directorate cadet at the PM's rally in New Delhi on Sunday. - Photo: Anu Pushkarna
MUMBAI, JAN. 27. Senior Congress leader and former Human Resources Development Minister, Arjun Singh, today said that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) ``is playing with fire'' by raking up the issue of construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya.
``The VHP is playing with fire. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, must not change his earlier stand on the issue,'' Mr. Singh, a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member, told a news conference here.
``I see it as an unfortunate development,'' he said referring to the decision of the Kendriya Margadarshak Mandal, the highest decision-making body of the VHP to endorse the move of the Ram Mandir Nirmal Samiti to start construction of the temple immediately after March 12.
``Let us see what happens in the next few days,'' said Mr. Singh, who is also the chief of the Minority Cell of the party.
``The country is passing through a crucial phase and the Congress has supported the Government in fighting terrorism and its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan.''
- UNI
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