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Quit politics, VHP tells Advani

Haridwar, June 14
Accusing BJP President L.K. Advani of having “betrayed” the Hindu cause, the VHP today asked him to quit politics and urged the party to replace him with a pro-Hindu leadership, asserting that it should not be turned into a “Bharatiya Jinnah Party”.

In a stinging attack on Mr Advani in the wake of his remarks on the Babri masjid demolition and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, VHP’s Margdarshak Mandal, its policy making body, adopted two resolutions — one on Mr Advani and the other on the BJP — after attempts were believed to have been made to establish contact with Mr Advani to persuade him to withdraw his remarks in Pakistan.

The resolution on Mr Advani, moved by General Secretary of the Sant Samiti Sant Hans Das described him as “betrayer” of the Hindu cause and asked him to quit as BJP President, Leader of Opposition, Member of Parliament and politics.

Demanding that Mr Advani apologise to the Hindu society for his attempts to appease Muslims, the resolution said the BJP-led coalition at the Centre had failed to fulfil any of the agreed 40-point Hindu Agenda.

Acharya Dharmendra, a senior VHP leader, read out the details of the resolution at a press conference in the presence of its International President Praveen Togadia.

Dharmendra said that those who came to power riding on the Hindu vote and promising common civil code, abolition of Article 370 and constructing Ram temple at Ayodhya forgot their pledges, making the Hindu society more insecure.

He said the task of “Hinduisation” of politics and “militarisation of Hindus” was incomplete and any party committed to the Hindu cause should adopt a saffron flag as its symbol as only this colour truly signified true identity and values of the religion. — PTI