New Delhi: Congress on February 5 accused BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and Sangh Parivar of raking up the Ayodhya issue whenever elections are around and asserted that party would not allow them to succeed in their "design to divide" people to get political mileage out of it.

"BJP has once again followed its tradition of raking up the Ayodhya issue when four states are going to Assembly polls later this month. Whenever state elections were announced BJP, RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) had raised the Ayodhya issue to create a communal divide," party spokesman Satyabrata Chaturvedi told reporters.

He said BJP tried to do the same before Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections but lost the polls miserably. "UP will be repeated in Himachal Pradesh."

He said that statements of BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders made it clear that neither were they interested in solving the issue through mutual dialogue nor were they ready to respect the verdict of Indian judiciary.

"We condemn this attempt", he said and asked NDA (National Democratic Alliance) partners who swear by the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) as to what has happened to their National Agenda of Governance.

He also asked BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party)-led Mayawati government in UP to fulfil its Constitutional responsibility of maintaining status quo on the site and nothing should be done which disturbs existing social atmosphere.

He also lauded the results of the local bodies polls in Uttaranchal and expressed the hope that it would have a "positive" impact on the neighbouring Himachal Pradesh going to face Assembly polls on February 26.

PTI