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No crisis in NDA over Ayodhya: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday denied that its allies were unhappy with the government's handling of the Ayodhya issue and said the decision to send a Central official to receive the shilas in Ayodhya was part of an "arrangement" to defuse the potentially volatile situation after Mahant Ramchandra Das Parmahans threatened to commit suicide.

"The decision to send a Central official seemed to be controversial, but the allies on the whole are satisfied with the government's handling of the situation in Ayodhya," party spokesman V K Malhotra said.

Terming as "unfortunate" attempts by the Congress to kick up a row over a PMO official receiving the shilas, Malhotra said: "When the entire country has heaved a sigh of relief that the shila daan went off peacefully, the Congress finds it difficult to digest the deft handling of the crisis by the government."

He said even the Babri Masjid Action Committee has praised the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the government on the issue.

He said the government felt that the suicide threat by Paramhans could have had "grave repercussions across the country."

PTI

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