Wrong timing

Sir, - The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's statement regarding the revival of Ayodhya cell in the PMO (Oct. 11) has come out at the most inopportune time when the world is fighting terrorism and religious fanaticism. It appears as if the Prime Minister is bowing to the pressures of the VHP leaders. The commitment extracted by the VHP leaders from the Prime Minister with an eye on the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will only open a Pandora's box. Mr. Vajpayee's personal religious convictions should not affect his neutrality as Prime Minister.

Paramahans Ramachandra Das's observations that the ``Bamiyan demolition lead to the Taliban's doom'' and ``it is that curse of the gods'' is not in good taste.

R. Daniel Jayakumar,

Nellikuppam, T.N.

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