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``The excavation at the acquired land is the result of the unrelenting attitude of the Muslims,'' the VHP international general secretary, Praveen Togadia, told reporters here. ``Will the Muslims give up their claim over the disputed site if we get the evidence (of the existence of a temple)? If it is so, there is enough evidence at Kashi and Mathura but they are not being handed over to us,'' he said. The BJP should now give up power for some time and wait for the day when it could come back with an absolute majority, he said. Terming the BJP as ``the daughter of the Hindus'', he said ``at present the daughter is living in the house of her in-laws and in a veil. As a result, she is not able to speak up. Our daughter should come back to her parents' house for some days and should go back to her in-laws after throwing the veil (obtaining an absolute majority) so that she can openly take up matters of Hindu interest,'' he said. Mr. Togadia said the VHP had spoken to the MPs of all parties for enacting a law for the construction of the temple and had also sought the help of Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav. He said construction of the temple alone could wipe out `jehadi terrorism' from the country. Mr. Togadia said the VHP would speed up its nation-wide movement for the construction of the temple before the next Lok Sabha polls. Addressing the "Dharma Raksha Sammelan" here, he asked the Government to hand over the disputed land at Ayodhya to facilitate construction by enacting a legislation. The temple issue is associated with the country's honour, he said. He charged the politicians and anti-national forces with vote-bank politics through a policy of appeasement of the minorities. A `trishul diksha' programme was organised at the conference. Around 500 activists belonging to the Bajrang Dal, the VHP, Durga Vahini and other Hindu organisations were distributed a `trishul' each. PTI, UNI
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