The Ayodhya issue seems to be inching closer to an out-of-court solution despite contradictions within various groups in the two communities.

Bureaucrats in Uttar Pradesh had better beware.

The BJP in Uttar Pradesh has landed itself in a no-win situation, following the Ayodhya verdict. The BJP leadership’s failure to give an expected response to the court verdict has led to a deep sense of despair among party cadres.

Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh are hectically lobbying for the post of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president and this is not only because they want to head the party organisation.

The Hindu-Muslim amity remained intact during the recent Ayodhya verdict but it is the representatives of the two communities who are squabbling among themselves regarding the post-verdict activities.

The tepid response of the Muslim community to the Ayodhya verdict has started giving anxious moments to the Congress and the Samajwadi Party in the state.
Both the parties were eager to cash in on Muslim sentiments on the issue and consolidate minority votes in their favor before the next Assembly elections.

In a gesture that could write a new chapter in the Ayodhya story, Moham-mad Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya title suits, met Nirmohi Akhara chief Mahant Gyan Das on Sunday to discuss

They were the her-oes of 1991-92. People thro-nged to hear them and their word was command. Wherever they went, the media followed and whatever they said was splashed on the front pages of newspapers.

In a clear attempt to consolidate his base among Muslims, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav has expressed his “disappointment” over the court verdict on Ayodhya.

Umbrellas, saris, TV sets and even sponsored “pindadaan” pujas — it is literally raining goodies for the voters in the on going panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Even though the panchayat polls are not being held on party symbols in the state, candidates are using every trick in the trade to woo voters.