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New Delhi: Under attack from Opposition, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on August 4 told the Lok Sabha he would "quit" rather come under any "compulsion" on Ayodhya issue and assured the House that there was no change in the government's stand.

"There is no compulsion. The day I feel I am under compulsion, I will quit 'rajpaat' (government) and go," Vajpayee said while rejecting Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's charge that he was under "compulsion" to make such statements on Ayodhya.

Replying to an impromptu debate on the notice of adjournment motion given by Opposition members, the Prime Minister said there was no change in the government's stand and what he said at Ayodhya was nothing objectionable.

"There has been no change in my stand. I only said that the last wish of Paramhansji will be fulfilled," Vajpayee said, emphasising "I never said where Ram temple can be constructed." "I have stated hundreds of times what I said at Ayodhya while paying homage to Paramhansji," the Prime Minister said, maintaining that there were two ways to resolve the dispute, either through a negotiated settlement or a court verdict acceptable to all.

PTI