The Hindu : VHP evasive on Kalam's counsel

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VHP evasive on Kalam's counsel

New Delhi Feb. 17. Evading a response to the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's counsel for acceptance of the court verdict on the Ayodhya issue, the VHP today asserted that it would abide by the decision of the "Dharam Sansad" on the future course of the Ram temple movement.

"We will follow and execute whatever decision is taken by the Margdarshak Mandal and the Dharam Sansad on the issue," the VHP senior vice-president, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, told PTI over phone from Jaipur.

While the Margdarshak Mandal, VHP's advisory board, is meeting here on February 21, the Dharam Sansad or apex body of religious leaders is scheduled to meet on February 22.

He was responding to a question on Mr. Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session earlier today. The VHP had of late been maintaining that the Ram temple issue was a matter of faith and hence non-justiciable. However, it has avoided any provocative statement in the last couple of days with the RSS and BJP top brass agreeing not to speak in different voices on crucial issues such as Ayodhya. — PTI

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