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Publication: Rediff on Net
Date: March 15, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand
Advani on Monday said he was confident that a grand Ram temple would be
built at his 'very birth place' with the 'cooperation and support of all'.
Into the sixth day of his Bharat
Uday Yatra since setting out from Kanyakumari, he changed the course of
his speech at a public meeting in Bagalkot, Karnataka, and made reference
to Ayodhya when a section of the crowd demanded construction of Ram temple.
Advani said Ram temple would 'definitely'
be built and it is 'in everyone's heart'.
"Along with Ram Mandir, we should
also build a grand Rashtra Mandir and Bharat Mata Mandir," Advani said.
He said the people should join in
the nation-building task to make India a superpower.
Advani is touring Karnataka as part
of his Bharat Uday Yatra and that would end its state leg at Humnabad in
Bidar district on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, speaking to
reporters at Hubli, Advani said an 'enduring solution' by way of a negotiated
settlement of the Ayodhya issue would come about 'within a short time after
the formation of the new government'.
"My interaction... government's
interaction with sections involved in the matter convinces me that within
a short time after the formation of the new government, there would be
an agreement amongst the two communities for resolution of the issue,"
he said.
"It will be a negotiated settlement,
which will come about and that has a great advantage over both -- court
verdict as well as resolution by Parliament," he said.
Advani said there were three courses
that were always talked about.
"We have always felt that even if
there is a court verdict, even if there is a resolution by parliament,
the problem will not be sorted out permanently. Agitations would continue
whereas if there is an agreement after negotiations, it would be an enduring
solution," he said.
