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Gadkari appeal insult to Ayodhya karsevaks: Sena

The Shiv Sena has slammed new BJP chief Nitin Gadkari for his ‘overtures’ to Muslims on the Ayodhya dispute.

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The Shiv Sena has slammed new BJP chief Nitin Gadkari for his ‘overtures’ to Muslims on the Ayodhya dispute. The Sena party organ Saamna launched a scathing attack on Gadkari on Saturday for asking Muslims to give the disputed plot of land for the Ram temple and promising to help build a mosque elsewhere.

Reiterating the Ram temple would be built at the same place in Ayodhya,‘where it rightfully belongs’,the Sena stated,“To turn to Muslims for permission amounts to insulting the hundreds of karsevaks who laid down their lives during the Ram Mandir agitation”. The party said that if there was a need to seek permission of Muslims,instead of launching the Ram temple movement,the better option for Hindus was ‘to sit at the feet of the Imam of Jama Masjid and persuade him to give a piece of land for Ram temple’.

The Sena has said that Hindus had shed blood during the agitation and Gadkari’s statement was unacceptable.

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The Sena claimed that Ayodhya belonged to Lord Ram and there was no reason to search the land records in a government office for proof. It also questioned the antecedents of Babar and his links with Ayodhya.

“There was a Ram temple in Ayodhya and it will remain (so). Muslims should show the generosity to withdraw their claim (on the land),” the editorial stated.

Uddhav and Raj face to face?
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray may come face to face at Madhukar Sarpotdar’s funeral on Sunday. Raj,who was on a tour of Konkan,had cut short his trip when Sarpotdar had been admitted to hospital three days ago and is expected to attend the funeral. Uddhav,too,would attend the rituals.

Sarpotdar’s only son,Atul,joined the MNS when Raj broke away from the Sena four years ago and is a general-secretary of the party.

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