Diggy stands by BJP remarks, pats Mayawati
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh has no complaint against the Mayawati government in handling the situation in UP ahead of a judgment on the Ayodhya issue but he is apprehensive about the real motive of BJP, VHP and RSS and thereby refuses to believe in their appeal of peace and harmony.
On Wednesday, he said he stood by what he said about these organisations the other day.
Answering questions, he said the reports coming from the BJP ruled MP and Gujarat were not positive. “But I would be happy if the BJP would control its cadre and people who are making inflammatory statements (on this issue),” he told reporters here on Wednesday.
Mr Singh, who is the in-charge of the Congress affairs in UP, complimented CM Mayawati for taking sufficient measures to control any communal conflagration in the wake of the judgment of the Allahabad high court on on Thursday.
“There is no doubt that there is tension in UP. But the state government has taken sufficient measures. By and large, the reports we have got from the state is encouraging,” Mr Singh said.
Asked about his feedback from MP he said “it remains to be seen whether the district magistrates listen to the chief minister or the leaders of the VHP, RSS and others in the state.”
“There are some elements in the BJP who would like to incite passions... We have to be careful. By and large, the situation cannot be like 1992. The generation born in 1990 is looking ahead on issues of livelihood and employment,” he said.
The BJP on Wednesday attacked Mr Singh for his remarks that “2010 is not 1992”, but he hit back saying if RSS, VHP and BJP behave in a responsible manner after September 30, he will reconsider his statement.
“I know the parameters of accountability and morality. I do not need certificate from the BJP. If the RSS, VHP and BJP behave in a responsible manner after September 30 (when the Ayodhya title suit verdict will be given), I will be happy to reconsider it (statement made yesterday),” Mr Singh.
He said he knew to stay in his “limits” and whatever he said was with full responsibility. He said there were “fringe elements” in the country both among the Hindus and the Muslims who want to polarise the situation and communalise the “body politic” of the country. “We have to ensure that communal harmony and peace peace prevails under all circumstances,” he said.
Meanwhile, report from Ayodhya says that former BJP MP and senior member of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Mahant Ram Vilas Vedanti offered prayers at the makeshift temple at the disputed site on the eve of the verdict on the Ayodhya title suits.
Accompanied by over seven saints, Vedanti was escorted by a circle officer amid tight security to the makeshift temple for worship.
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