Dharam sansad resolution a thought out plan — UP Opp

The programmes decided by the sansad at Allahabad today will be counter-productive for the ruling BJP to broaden its support base ahead of Assembly polls.

“This (announcement of date) was in fact the agenda of the RSS with thesole target of achieving electoral advantage for the BJP for which the VHPwas used as an agent and the sansad as the medium,” alleged Akhilesh PratapSingh, UPCC spokesman. The voice of opposition in the state cannot be ignored because Madhav Govind Vaidya, a senior RSS leader had already announced that the date of temple construction would be around next year and today’s resolution came from a board of trustees to which RSS leaders are also members.

The Sangh Parivar’s strategy for the Assembly elections apparently begun unfolding when a section of state party leaders picked up the temple line soon after the Prime Minister raised the issue terming it as anexpression of national sentiment. The party leaders who had been keeping themselves out of the issue, saying that it was not on the NDA agenda, suddenly became vocal in what was a total volte-face.

“The Opposition has raised the issue then why cannot we ? The BJP has cometo power in the state on the issue ,” Kalraj Mishra, state party chiefpointed out. He took special care to include the temple issue in the political resolution which was passed during the party’s two-day state executive committee meeting at Jhansi. The move caused embarrassmentto the Chief Minister Rajnath Singh but it was a necessary step to keep the BJP in circulation.

The allies to the Rajnath government have held out threats of withdrawal ifthe party does not back out from the temple issue but the BJP stands at anadvantageous position, as per calculations of party leaders. “Even if theallies withdraw support over the issue, we have a point to sell to the peoplethat we sacrificed one more government for the cause of Ram,” said a senior party leader on grounds of anonymity.