Indore: All India Hindu Mahasabha will stage a "satyagraha" during Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's visit to Indore on April 4, to press for its demands on the Bhojshala issue, liberation of Lord Krishna's birthplace in Mathura and construction of Ram temple at the "garbhagriha" at Ayodhya.

The Mahasabha had earlier planned the satyagraha on March 23 but in view of Vajpayee's visit to attend Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national executive meeting in Indore, it was decided to postpone the agitation and hold it on April 4, Mahasabha Madhya Pradesh unit said in a release on march 16.

The satyagraha will be led by Mahasabha's state unit president Radheshyam Vashistha.

The Mahasabha, agitating for the Bhojshala issue since 1952, was demanding that the idol of Goddess Saraswati, which was taken away by Britishers in 1904, be brought back and installed at the shrine.

Accusing both BJP and its allied organisations and Congress of politicising the issue for their own interest, the Mahasabha denied that Hindu organisations were pressurising Union Tourism Minister Jagmohan for opening the Bhojshala, which has been put under locks by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

The Mahasabha will also highlight the poor condition of power, roads and water in Madhya Pradesh during the satyagraha, the release added.

PTI