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Opposition lambasts PM for
'double speak' on Ayodhya

The opposition in the Lok Sabha on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his "double-speak'' on the Ayodhya issue.

Participating in the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President's address, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda said that on the one hand the prime minister promised to abide by the National Democratic Alliance agenda, while on the other he pursued the Bharatiya Janata Party line on Ayodhya.

He said Vajpayee had no option but to satisfy the demands made by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad knowing fully well that otherwise he would be forced out of the office.

The threat to Vajpayee was not from NDA allies but from BJP's allied organisations, he said.

Gowda asked Vajpayee what message he was trying to convey to the nation by sending his special emissary to Ayodhya ro receive the shila?

PTI

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