Sangh torn over pet issues

Malhotra today alleged that Sarvodaya leader Vinoba Bhave died as then Congress government failed to fulfill the promise of banning cow slaughter. He termed as 8216;8216;false8217;8217; Digvijay8217;s allegations that beef exports had gone up under the BJP rule. He pointed out that beef export is banned in the country. Since all meat consignments are subject to an inspection by officials of the states concerned, the MP government is responsible for any beef export from the state.

BJP president M. Venkaiah Naidu told mediapersons at Chennai that the pamphlets circulated by the Congress against him in Bhopal are 8216;8216;cheap and in very low taste.8217;8217; He said the Congress8217; stand was ambivalent. While it wanted a ban on cow slaughter in MP, it took a different position in the north-east.

VHP joint general secretary Onkar Bhave asked the Congress to substantiate its allegations: 8216;8216;Let the BJP reply to them then.8221;