Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday accused the Vajpayee government of failure to put pressure on the Khaleda Zia regime to save minority Hindus from 'growing torture' and threatened to organise a economic blockade of Bangladesh.
As the case came up for hearing before the Special Judicial Magistrate V K Singh, the counsels for CBI and the defence informed the court that they would prefer to stay away from judicial work as a mark of solidarity with the local lawyers.
Congress candidate C K Raul defeated Bharatiya Janata Party nominee and state minister Prabhat Sinh Chauhan in Godhra by 14,500 votes.
Addressing a press conference in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress Rajya Sabha member termed Bajrang Dal -- the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad -- a goondon ki jamat (group of goons).
Election Commissioners Navin Chawla and Qureshi have threatened to postpone the Gujarat election process and bring President's Rule in the state if the Bharatiya Janata Party fans communal violence in Gujarat through its new CD, which is to be released in the birth place of Sardar Patel.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on Wednesday made it clear that the concept of 'Akhand Bharat' (undivided\nIndia) was no more relevant.
VHP secretary Professor Venkatesh Abdeo said the case has been filed under Sections 295 A and 153 A of the Indian penal code in the Borivali metropolitan court of Magistrate N H Mohabe.
'People said that Krishna did not exist, then what about the submerged Dwarka city that scientists have discovered.'
At a function in Salem on Friday, Karunanidhi had stated that Lord Ram was an imaginary character.
Besides the not-so-hidden unease between Modi and Adityanath, Modi chose to address the Lok Sabha to ensure that he could personally claim all the kudos, observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
The VHP said it is not opposed to the tour though it believed that such sporting ties would not improve Indo-Pak relations.
The day-long bandh has been called by the VHP to give vent to the feelings of Hindus over the unjust arrest of the Kanchi seer.
Sangh leaders flay BJP for 'diluting' ideology \n\n\n\n
'He should declare whether he belongs to the Sangh Parivar, and if he believes so he has to abide by its discipline,' Ashok Singhal said.
The Uttar Pradesh government also said the then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao was 'indirectly' involved in it.
The VHP will accept no new map or proposals on the disputed site and will continue working according to its old plan.
Police have arrested five people in this regard.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad was unable to carry out its plan of a massive congregation in Ayodhya.
The outfit proposes to hold a meeting at the town to decide on the construction of the Ram Temple.
The outfit's Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in charge Prabhu Narain Singh was also arrested.
VHP International General Secretary Dr Pravin Togadia told a press conference at the VHP's Delhi office, "The agitation is limited to four hours. We are resorting to this to press for our demand that Jammu and Kashmir government rescind its order not to hand over land to the SASB."
Authorities have made elaborate security arrangements in the area and extra precaution is being taken in view of Friday prayers on Friday.
An alert has been sounded across the state and patrolling has also been intensified in view of the bandh, they said.
Like Pravin Togadia, Kishore was also not allowed to enter the Patna airport terminal building.
The solution lies in an agreement between Hindus and Muslims, he said.
The outfit's international president Ashok Singhal said there was no need for a new mosque in Ayodhya.
The right-wing outfit also accused the Centre of working on a deal to abandon the Kashi and Mathura temple issue.
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