New Delhi: Apparently feeling ignored by the Centre's latest Ayodhya initiative, a furious Vishwa Hindu Parishad on June 16 charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government with "defeating" the Ram temple movement and "trading" with the Jehadi forces to capture power in the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls.

At a joint press conference, the VHP top brass including Ashok Singhal, Praveen Togadia and Giriraj Kishore also alleged that Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati was being kept in the dark on the Centre's "trading" and asked the BJP to resign from the government and seek a fresh mandate if it was sincere in its commitment to building the Ram temple.

"The Centre's current effort is aimed at defeating the Ram temple movement and restoring the Muslim veto in Indian politics. They are asking Muslims to take whatever they want but only give them credit for constructing Ram temple, so that they can win next polls," Togadia said.

He alleged that in lieu of allowing the Ram temple, the government was "trading with" opening of 1,000 mosques protected by Archaeological Survey of India for Muslims to offer 'Namaaz', nine per cent reservation for Muslims in government jobs, giving up Hindu claims on Kashi and Mathura, providing financial aid to Madrasas and Rs 50 Crore to "please" Muslim leaders.

Togadia alleged that the Centre was in touch with the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid and Nadwat ul-Uloom.

Claming that the Kanchi Seer was realising that he was being made a "tool" by the government, Singhal alleged "he was being kept in the dark on the deals."

PTI