Ayodhya issue,a threat to Vajpayee Govt: VHP

VARANASI, AUG. 18. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today declared that it would go ahead with its plans to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya from March next and said the issue could ``threaten the life'' of the Vajpayee Government.

``The construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya will start as scheduled around `Shivratri' in March 2002,'' the VHP International general secretary, Mr. Pravin Bhai Togadia, told reporters here. He said ``our main fight was with the Union Government which has acquired the land in Ayodhya.''

``The appeasement policy of the Government as well as that of different political parties was the main hurdle in the way of construction of the Ram temple,'' he said.

`Don't hold talks with Pak.'

India should not hold any talks with Pakistan in future, Mr. Togadia said and demanded military action against terrorist training camps. ``In future, no talks should be held with Pakistan,'' he said adding that the recent negotiations had given a wrong message to the world that our Government was ``weak''.

``Without destroying the training centres or bases, whether in the Indian territory or Pakistan, cross-border terrorism cannot be checked.''

``The lack of will power on the part of the Government has resulted in the loss of numerous human lives during the last 15 years,'' he said.

- PTI

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