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"The VHP's decision is violative of constitutional provisions and such open defiance of the Constitution and courts should not be allowed as it will encourage the cult of religious terrorism," Mahant Yugal Kishore Shastri, convener of a joint meeting of saints, seers and Muslim leaders in Ayodhya, told presspersons after the meeting. Those who attended the meeting, held at the Hanumangarhi temple and presided over by the head of the Ramanand sect, Jagatguru Ramanandacharya Swami Haryacharya, were of the view that the VHP's decision would lead to "lawlessness and terrorism in the country", the Mahant said. The meeting wondered why the Government had not imposed a ban on the organisation or taken legal action against it despite the fact that the Ministers had taken oath in the name of the Constitution, he said. Some speakers pointed out that it was the Union Home Minister, L.K. Advani, who first said that the Ram Janmabhoomi issue was related to the faith of the Hindus, Mahant Shastri said. "The BJP may not endorse the VHP's stand, but there is apprehension in the minds of the people that such public declarations had resulted in the State-sponsored violence in Gujarat." The meeting also decided that efforts for peaceful resolution of the issue would continue. The speakers at the meeting accused the VHP of indulging in double-speak. The priest at the make-shift temple at Ayodhya was appointed by a court order and the day-to-day puja was being performed at the request of the Hindus, they said. Baba Gyan Das of the Hanumangarhi temple charged the VHP with "misleading" the people and called for boycotting its programmes. "VHP leaders should not be allowed in Ayodhya," he said. Swami Haryacharya said there was no place for violence in the name of religion. Mahant Jagannath Das of the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the plaintiffs in the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, said, "The VHP cannot execute any compromise on the temple issue as it is not a party in the matter. It can be executed only by the Nirmohi Akhara and the Sunni Central Waqf Board." It was also decided to constitute a `Sarva Dharm Sambhav Committee' for peaceful resolution of the issue.
AIBMAC plea to Seer
In Lucknow, the All-India Babri Masjid Action Committee (AIBMAC) today asked the Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham to dissociate himself from the VHP and declare publicly that the court verdict would be binding on all, including the Sangh Parivar outfit. "Swami Jayendra Saraswati has rightly disagreed with the VHP's proposal to divide Jammu and Kashmir, but has not given any indication that in the event of the failure of his efforts, the parties will have to abide by the court verdict as there is no other way to solve the issue," the AIBMAC convener, Zafaryab Jilani, said in a statement. "The Kanchi seer should not have any presumption that the Muslims can be persuaded to surrender their claim over the mosque. No such proposal will be acceptable to Muslims, including those in Faizabad and Ayodhya. Besides, since the VHP and their associates do not appear to be inclined to exclude the site of the mosque from their plan to construct the temple, there appears to be no scope for any meaningful and useful negotiations and as such the proposed negotiations are nothing but an exercise in futility." — PTI, UNI
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