Ayodhya: Describing excavation as a "slow and time-consuming exercise", Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal on March 17 appealed to Muslims to give up their
claim on the disputed site in Ayodhya and demanded a Parliament Legislation to
facilitate temple construction.
Claiming there was no fraternity left between Hindus and Muslims in the country,
Singhal also vowed to demolish secularism and asserted "intolerant Islam was totally
unacceptable and it could lead to another Mahabharata war".
"The excavation will take a long time. Then the matter will got to Supreme Court and
it would be improper to suppress Hindu sentiments till then," Singhal, who is in
Ayodhya to "know more about the excavation", told reporters.
The land should be returned to Hindu society on the basis of the evidence brought
out by historian B B Lal and the recent findings of ground-penetrating radar survey,
he demanded.
Singhal also appealed to the Sunni Central Waqf Board to give up its claim in court
on the disputed site to "improve Hindu-Muslim relations" which, he claimed, had
touched their nadir.
PTI
