New Delhi: Raking up the Ram temple issue, BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday asked partymen not to be apologetic for the Ayodhya movement and instead take pride in it. Advani also referred to Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's recent words of praise for him, which had surprised many, and said that people should not hesitate to speak the "right thing" as "the world will accept it".
"When people believe and talk of our Ayodhya issue and agitate over it, you should not be apologetic over it, ever. You should take pride in it," Advani told partymen. In his speech at the BJP headquarters on the party's Foundation Day in Delhi, Advani said he felt pride in admitting that his party raised the issue of Ram temple and Ayodhya as it was not just a political movement but also a cultural one. "People say that BJP and Bharatiya Jana Sangh achieved this position by raising issues like Ayodhya and Ram temple. I feel proud in admitting this and say that ours is not just a political movement but also a cultural movement," he said.
Referring to the SP chief, he said, "Recently, when people heard Mulayam Singh ji praising me, they thought what is he saying and doing? I feel if you speak the right thing, the world will accept it. You should not hesitate. Don't ever let that inferiority complex come inside you." The Samajwadi Party supremo, when asked about his praise of Advani,
02:35 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Coimbatore: Senior VHP leader Ashok Singhal on Wednesday disagreed with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani over his remarks on the feasibility of a non-Congress and non-NDA leader becoming the Prime Minister after 2014 elections and alleged he lacked the courage to seek votes on Hindutva. "I don't agree at all with Advaniji. My personal opinion is that a person who will believe in Hindutva would be the...
09:48 PM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission has sought BJP's comments on the promise in its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh poll of construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya following complaints that the party has "violated" the model code of conduct by making the promise. A number of organisations have complained to the poll body for restraining BJP from raising the issue of Ram temple construction. Organisations like Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha, Akhil...
09:14 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Ayodhya: The Ram temple was clearly not on the agenda of those who voted in this Hindu pilgrim town in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections. Ordinary men and women showed much more interest in development issues than the temple, which has ceased to be a talking point even among the saffron-clad sadhus here. For many, the makeshift temple hurriedly built after the razing of the Babri mosque...
03:08 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Not getting the kind of public support it had expected on issues like corruption and law and order, BJP is all set to revive the Hindutva and Ram temple agenda in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh with the party planning to wrap up its Jan Swabhiman Yatra at Ayodhya on November 17. In a bid to enthuse the party cadre and reach out to the electorate of UP, BJP had...
02:36 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Not getting the kind of public support it had expected on issues like corruption and law and order, the BJP is all set to revive the Hindutva and Ram temple agenda in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh with the party planning to wrap up its Jan Swabhiman Yatra at Ayodhya on November 17. In a bid to enthuse the party cadre and reach out to the electorate of UP, the...
07:01 PM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: In a clear indication that the Ram temple issue will be on its agenda in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP on Sunday said its two yatras in the state will culminate at Ayodhya where party leaders will take a pledge to work for victory. BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the "Jan Swabhimaan Yatra" against corruption and crime in UP will start simultaneously on October 13...
04:41 PM, Oct 09, 2011
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday raked up the Ram Temple issue and invoked former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as part of its strategy to make a comeback in Uttar Pradesh with party chief Nitin Gadkari ruling out having truck with any party for next year's Assembly polls. "While in Lucknow, just about a few kilometers away from Ayodhya, we have an occasion to rededicate ourselves to...
04:47 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Indore: VHP on Monday claimed the Ram mandir will be built at Ayodhya despite the legal hurdles involved. "A time will come when Muslim fraternity will itself ask Hindus to construct Ram mandir at Ayodhya," VHP international president Ashok Singhal told reporters. Singhal's comments came in the backdrop of the recent status quo granted by the Supreme Court on the disputed site of the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and stay...
11:15 PM, May 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute. Here is a timeline of events 1949: Muslims allege that Hindus placed idols of Lord Ram inside the mosque leading to civil suits by both parties. The government proclaims the premises a disputed area and locks the gates. 1984: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad spearheads a movement to 'liberate' the birth-place of...
12:58 PM, May 09, 2011
Ayodhya: Saints and leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will meet here Wednesday to deliberate on the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suits and chalk out future strategy for construction of the Ram temple. "The VHP leaders, under the banner of Sant Uchadhikar Samiti, are meeting here at the Kar Sewakpuraum to review the Allahabad High Court verdict and finalise future course of action," VHP spokesman...
01:40 PM, Oct 20, 2010
New Delhi: Three days till the Ayodhya verdict, and apart from the BJP, the Congress party too is waiting anxiously. Remember it was Rajiv Gandhi who allowed a pooja inside the masjid in 1986. And there was also a Congress government at the Centre when the masjid was taken down. So politically, what will the verdict mean for the ruling Congress? In newspapers on Tuesday, a big half page advertisement...
10:20 AM, Sep 21, 2010
![Advani's ex-PSO cross-examined in Babri case]( "Advani's ex-PSO cross-examined in Babri case")
Rae Bareli: A senior IPS officer, who had deposed that BJP leader L K Advani had made a provocative speech in Ayodhya moments before the Babri masjid was demolished by Sangh Parivar activists in 1992, was today cross examined by the defence in a special court here. Anju Gupta, who was the personal security officer of Advani at the time of the Ayodhya crisis in December 1992, was cross examined...
03:25 PM, Apr 29, 2010
Indore: It was an action packed day one of the BJP's national council and BJP president Nitin Gadkari said it all from attacking dynasty politics of the congress to cracking the whip on indiscipline along with the party's emphasis on its core issue: Building of Ram mandir at Ayodhya. After two successive Lok Sabha defeats, Nitin Gadkari is now working on a two pronged approach to boost the BJP's morale, ...
10:38 PM, Feb 18, 2010
Allahabad: Putting up a brave face in the wake of Liberhan Commission report, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday said the demolition of Babri mosque was the proudest moment for Hindus. It emphasised that the party was committed to build a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. “Reports like that of the Liberhan Commission come and go. But, the Hindu culture, which takes pride in its heritage...
11:53 PM, Nov 24, 2009
Former chief minister, ex-PM, bureaucrats named by commission. ...
05:50 PM, Nov 24, 2009
![Punish Babri Masjid culprits, demand Muslim leaders]( "Punish Babri Masjid culprits, demand Muslim leaders")
New Delhi: As a political storm engulfed parliament over "leakage" of the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri mosque demolition, some Muslim clerics and leaders on Monday demanded that the long pending truth behind the "unfortunate" incident should be made public officially and the culprits punished. Seeking action against those involved in the demolition of the 16th century Babri Masjid, Maulana Niyaz Ahmed Farooqi of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, one of...
06:47 PM, Nov 23, 2009
LK Advani says he is proud of the Ayodhya movement. ...
12:31 PM, Nov 23, 2009
BJP leader Vinay Katiyar refused to divulge the names of the leaders. ...
09:28 PM, Sep 12, 2009
Prime ministerial candidate says BJP will build Ram Temple in Ayodhya. ...
12:19 AM, May 09, 2009
