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By C.K. Chandramohan
The meeting demanded the division of the Kashmir valley and creation of a Union Territory for Kashmiri Pandits. Similarly, Ladakh should be made a Union Territory. A five km-wide belt along the border with Pakistan should be handed over to the Army and Article 370 of the Constitution which conferred special status on the State withdrawn immediately, it said. Describing the Godhra incidents as a manifestation of Islamic atrocities against Hindus, the meeting urged the majority community to "beware of Godhra-type incidents that may take place anywhere and at anytime". It registered its "strong protest" against the politicians and "so-called secular forces" for maintaining silence over who set ablaze the Sabarmati Express even after the whole world condemned it as an act of Islamic militancy. These very forces had raised a hue and cry when Graham Staines was killed in Orissa, it said. In another resolution, it criticised the Government for `taming' the Ganga by constructing the Tehri dam. Perhaps the Government would preserve the sanctity of the Ganga by constructing a canal to bring water from the upstream of the reservoir to the river downstream, it said. The VHP international general secretary, Praveen Bhai Togadia, said sadhus would reach Jammu on August 11 and organise a meeting for the abolition of taxes imposed on pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi and Amarnath. The tax imposed by the Farooq Abdullah Government was like `jazia' and should be withdrawn before it is too late, he warned. Later addressing presspersons, the Ramjanmabhoomi Mandir Nirman Samiti president, Ramchandra Paramhans said he saw nothing wrong in the Government amending the Constitution to pave the way for the construction of the Ram temple just as the Constitution was amended following the Shah Bano case.
No talks with Muslims
PTI, UNI report: A day after retracting on its commitment to maintain status quo at the disputed site in Ayodhya, the VHP today said it would oppose a court verdict on the issue only if it went against the Hindu scriptures. It asserted that the temple would be built at the disputed site without any bloodshed. ``We have never said we will not listen to the court. However, we will not abide by its verdict if it goes against our dharamshastras (scriptures),'' Mr. Paramhans told reporters here. The VHP international working president, Ashok Singhal, said he would meet the Kanchi Shankaracharya in New Delhi on June 25 and urge him to take back from the Government the written undertaking given by the Nyas to the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, ahead of the March 15 `shila daan' programme. The VHP said it would also not hold talks with the Muslim leadership to resolve the tangle. They said the VHP was least concerned if its stand on the Ayodhya issue affected the stability of the Vajpayee Government.
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