“My statement on Sonia made at a VHP function in Aurangabad
on Friday has been distorted and misunderstood. When I said that Sonia would
face dire consequences like her mother in law former Premier Indira Gandhi, I
wanted to convey that like Gandhi who lost elections after Emergency, Sonia
would suffer the same fate and would have to forego her place in the politics,”
he clarified.
Reiterating that he did not agree with Sonia’s statement
that the Ayodhya verdict cannot condone the demolition of Babri Masjid, Singhal
said: “The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has accepted that the
disputed land belonged to the Hindus and was the birthplace of their deity Ram.
We do not have any hate for the Muslims, and the example of this is that the
Hindus did not cause any damage to the 18 Masjids in Ayodhya. We just want the
Muslims to give up their claim to the disputed area, and allow the Hindus to
construct the temple peacefully,” Singhal stated.
Launching attack on the Congress, the VHP leader said that
there can be peace between the Hindus and the Muslims, but it was the Congress
which did not want peace to prevail between the two communities and was
provoking the Muslims.
Referring to the allegations that RSS was a deadly terrorist
organization and was involved in terrorism, Singhal refuting the allegations
referring to Sonia as a Vatican agent, said that by making such baseless
allegations she was trying to damage the credibility of the RSS, its patriotism
and social services.
“There is nothing new in the dirty tactics of the Congress
and by making wild and baseless allegations, the Congress was trying to defame
the RSS and the other Hindu outfits and this is just to deflect attention of
the people from the large number of scams in the party.”
Reacting to Singhal’s summersault on the Sonia issue, a
senior state Congress leader said: “The VHP chief realized that he was on a
sticky wicket after making the ‘stupid’ and provocative statement against our
party chief. Singhal knows that his utterances would not go without a counter
response and also knows that he would have to face the music from the
government. And did Singhal ever make a logical and sensible statement?” the
leader questioned.
Ankush Shinde, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader
from Andheri asked as to since when had Singhal and the RSS started having soft
corner for the Muslims. “No party or organization has a hatred for the Muslims
to the quantum that the VHP has for the community. VHP can never befriend the
Muslims, and this is a known fact,” Shinde added.
