BJP back to Hindu agenda as Advani harps on Ayodhya temple issue
September 26th, 2009 - 1:18 am ICT by ANI ( 1 comment )
Junagadh, Sep 25 (ANI): Giving cue to where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is headed after its debacle in national polls in April-May, senior leader Lal Krishna Advani on Friday brought the controversial Ayodhya temple issue back on the centrestage.
The BJP has appeared largely directionless after a massive election defeat in May, its problems further compounded after some senior party leaders began attacking each other.
The party has been debating its future — whether its Hindu-revivalist agenda, once its passport to power, was now irrelevant for younger voters.
Some dissident leaders have questioned the party leadership including President Rajnath Singh and Advani, the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate during the last polls.
Hinting status quo over the running of party affairs, Advani on Friday said the country is waiting for a temple dedicated to lord Ram to come up in northern Ayodhya city.
“The country will only be satisfied when a Ram Mandir (temple dedicated to lord Ram) gets build at Ayodhya,” said Advani, after visiting Somnath temple in Junagadh district of western Gujarat state.
The BJP, during their campaign for the April-May 2009 national elections, promised to construct the temple that has been a flashpoint of tension between Hindus and Muslims for years, if they come to power.
The BJP rose to prominence on the back of a Hindu revivalist campaign that sought the construction of a Ram temple on the site of a 16th century mosque torn down by mobs in 1992. (ANI)
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September 27th, 2009 at 11:48 am
It may be recalled that as far back as on 9-2-2009,a day after LK Advani, BJP’s Prm Ministerial candidate, broached the Ram Temple issue, the BJPsaid that “this was not the party’s lok sabha election theme and that “terrorism”would remainthe key issue”.Hence, “the Ram temple issue” was Advani’s mantra for the party to power in the 1990s.But the young voters of 2009 have made it clear that it is irrelevant to their aspirations!.
Obviously Advani, who is sure be dumped erelong, wants to regain his position by trying to revive a dead snake!