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New Delhi/Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has convened a meeting of its central managing committee July 12 in Ayodhya to restart the Ram Mandir movement.
The outcome of the meeting will “decide the future course of action to pave the way to build a temple at the birthplace of Lord Ram. Almost 60 per cent of the construction material is ready to built a two-storeyed temple,” Vinod Bansal, media coordinator of VHP, said Saturday.

The meeting takes special significance as it will be held in Ayodhya after 18 years. It was last held a few months before the December 1992 Babri Masjid demolition.

‘Gau’ (cow), Ganga and the government’s acquisition of temples will also be discussed.

In Lucknow, VHP general secretary Praveen Togadia announced to launch a nation-wide campaign against the Congress-led central government that is planning quota for the minorities in jobs and educational institutions.

“The central government’s plan to provide reservation benefits to Muslims and Christians is unconstitutional. We would launch a campaign in this regard after June,” Togadia told reporters at a press conference.

“The campaign against the central government would be carried out at three levels,” he said.

“Initially, we will garner support from students in colleges and universities. Thereafter, we will solicit support from the unemployed and finally we will bring all Hindu castes on a common platform for voicing objection against the quota for the minorities,” Togadia added.

Demanding to quash the Ranganath Mishra Commission report straightaway, Togadia said the report would pave the way for separatism in the country.

Accusing the Congress government of appeasing the minorities, Togadia alleged: “It is due to vote-bank politics only that the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is yet to take place. Taking this into account, I feel P. Chidambaram is just not fit to be a minister.”

Asked to comment over the alleged involvement of Hindu terror outfits in several attacks in the country, Togadia said: “Hindus themselves are victims of Jehadi Islamic terror…so how can they indulge in terror activities.”