Dropping
ample hints that BJP may rake up the issue of Hindutva during the
upcoming Lok Sabha polls, senior party leader Ravishankar Prasad on
Wednesday said construction of a temple in Ayodhya was an "eternal issue
for millions of Hindus across the world".
"I
am proud to say that I happened to fight the Hindus' case in the
Ayodhya title suit on which the Allahabad High Court gave its historic
judgement in our favour.
"I
am confident that we will stand vindicated before the Supreme Court as
well," Prasad said here at a seminar held to mark the birth anniversary
of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
The
BJP leader said,"construction of a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi in
Ayodhya has never been an electoral issue for the party. But,
nevertheless, it is an eternal issue for millions of Hindus across the
world".
Training
guns at the media "sitting comfortably in Delhi," Prasad questioned as
to "why they are afraid of questioning the UP minister Azam Khan over
Muzaffarnagar riots."
They keep targeting Narendra Modi despite there is no instance of communal clash in Gujarat for the last 10 years.
"The
city of Ahmedabad witnessed scores of riots, in which thousands of
lives were lost, while Gujarat was under the Congress rule. Compare that
with the BJP regime and the difference will be there for all to see.
"Modi has been able to maintain peace in Gujarat for a decade, Akhilesh Yadav failed to do so here for even a year".
Attacking
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who severed 17-year-old bond with
BJP over the elevation of Modi, Prasad alleged that "Bihar police was
forced to hand over top Indian Mujahideen militant Yaseen Bhatkal to the
National Investigating Agency without conducting any interrogation".
"The
terrorist, who is named in a number of bomb attacks, had established
his network in several districts of Bihar, but Kumar wanted to sweep the
whole thing under the carpet for vote bank," he alleged.
However,
our opponents will not be able to withstand a strong wave in favour of
BJP and Narendra Modi, which is visible across the country, the BJP
leader said.
Prasad
also criticised Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's recent letter
to Chief Ministers asking them to ensure that innocent Muslims are not
"wrongly" detained in terror cases as "a blatant example of dividing the
people of the country along religious lines for vote bank".
"The
UPA government observes no decorum in its pursuit of minority votes. A
few months ago, Shinde had used the term saffron terror which was
strongly opposed by us in Parliament.
"Ours has been a different approach. We view Muslims as citizens of the country," the BJP leader said.
Courtesy:dnaindia dot com
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