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March 9, 2002
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Congress against 'symbolic' puja at Ayodhya

The Congress on Saturday asked the central government to maintain status quo in Ayodhya and asserted that any attempt to perform a 'symbolic' puja on the acquired land would be 'illegal and impermissible'.

Party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters that even if the parties concerned reached an amicable settlement, it would be incomplete till the court did not put its seal of approval.

Expressing apprehensions about the implications of the various steps taken by the government in the last few days, including lifting of restrictions on pilgrims, he also strongly objected to the visit by the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs I D Swami to Ayodhya 'giving the impression that he was visiting as a 'karsewak' rather than a Union minister'.

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