New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on February 25 said it would seek the
support of its allies to find a solution to the Ayodhya issue, provided Congress is
agreeable to it.
"If Congress is agreeable, we will talk to our allies for finding a solution to
Ayodhya tangle," Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani told the BJP Parliamentary party
meeting.
Advani, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee, said the party was for resolving the Ayodhya issue through court verdict
or negotiated settlement or a legislation by Parliament, according to party
spokesman V K Malhotra.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the party was committed on issues like ban on
cow slaughter and uniform civil code, but would not take them up as it is
bound by National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) agenda.
He said Congress was raking up the Ayodhya issue "for the sake of vote bank
politics".
"Why is Sonia Gandhi and her Congress party is silent on the issue of
bringing a bill banning cow slaughter?" Advani asked.
PTI
