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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad president, Ashok Singhal (second from right), prays along with sadhus amidst stones carved for use in the proposed construction of a temple on the disputed land, in Ayodhya on Sunday.
AYODHYA, FEB. 17. Brushing aside Prime Minister's statement that all concerned should await the court verdict on Ayodhya issue, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad today began a 100-day ``Sri Ram Naam Jap Yagna'' at Karsevakpuram as part of its programme for construction of the Ram temple here. A carved stone pillar was consecrated at the workshop at Ramghat on the auspicious ``Basant panchami'' day and moved to Karsevakpuram where the yagna began in the presence of the VHP president, Ashok Singhal, and the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president, Ramchandra Paramhans. Mr. Parmahans said ``it is not a matter to be decided by the court as it relates to religious sentiments of the Hindus''. Disputing the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's statement that his efforts to resolve the issue had failed due to unrelenting stand of both sides, he told reporters in the presence of Mr. Singhal that ``no talks were held with me by the Prime Minister''. Both Mr. Singhal and Mr. Paramhans said ``the VHP would go ahead with temple construction programme'' and start moving the carved pillars to the Karsevakpuram for the purpose from March 15. Mr. Vajpayee had on Saturday said his efforts to resolve the Ayodhya tangle had not made progress ``due to unrelenting attitude of both the parties'' involved in the issue and ``the only course left to resolve the imbroglio now is to await the court verdict''. - PTI
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