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Advani snubs VHP, refuses to apologise
K G Suresh in Haridwar
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June 15, 2005 14:10 IST

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Lal Kishenchand Advani has refused to apologise for his controversial remarks on Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, as demanded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

"I have already said what I had to say," the BJP chief is understood to have told Pejawar mutt's Swami Vishvesh Teerth
when the latter telephoned him on Tuesday during the meeting of VHP's Kendriya Maargdarshak Mandal in Haridwar, sources said.

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The Swami conveyed VHP's concern over Advani's statements in Pakistan on Jinnah as also on the Babri Masjid demolition.

Swami Vishvesh Teerth and Swami Paramanand Saraswati and a sizeable section of Hindu religious leaders gathered in Haridwar had expressed reservations over the resolution against Advani.

These leaders maintained that Advani's contributions to the cause of  Hindutva must not be forgotten.


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