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Ram temple will not be allowed: Basu
By K.V. Prasad
The Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh, the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Jyoti Basu, the CPI(M) leader, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, and the Samajwadi Party chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, in Moradabad on Monday.- PTI
MORADABAD, FEB. 11. The People's Front leader and veteran Marxist, Jyoti Basu, today sought support for the formation comprising the Left parties and the Samajwadi Party.
Addressing a public rally here in Hindi, Mr. Basu poured scorn over the BJP, its policies and programme. ``The nation has no religion, but the BJP is out to destroy it,'' he said. Assailing the attempts of the BJP to rake up the Ram temple issue, he said the Front members would prevent its construction, if required, with their lives.
When inclement weather, which resulted in cancellation of several rallies in the State, eased for a while, the Front put up a 40-minute show and enabled the leaders to catch up with the rest of their schedule.
The Samajwadi Party chief and Front convenor, Mulayam Singh Yadav, kept up his tirade against the BJP Government both at the Centre and the State. He said it was unfortunate that the Centre talked only of madrasas receiving aid from abroad. ``Will the Prime Minister institute a probe into funds received in the name of mandir?''
The CPI(M) general secretary, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, criticised the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal.
He expressed doubts about the ability of the Congress to take on the BJP.
He said the results of Uttar Pradesh, which would be in favour of the Front, would shake the Vajpayee Government in Delhi.
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