BHOPAL: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national executive, on the third and concluding day of its conclave on June 23rd, reiterated that it was committed to constructing the Ram temple in Ayodhya. In an apogeal resolution adopted by the exudative, the party decided that it would not be in its interest to skirt the temple issue, particularly when the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls were around the corner.
Claiming that the recent parliamentary polls had given a mandate for the BJP, party president L.K. Advani said the BJP would sharpen the ongoing ideological debate on Suraj (good governance), Suchita (probity in public life), Swadeshi (self-reliance), Samrasta (social har mony) and Suraksha (national security) to secure a more decisive mandate. ; Yi Lashing out at the Congress resolution said, “The mandate was obviously against the Congress. Its strength in Parliament has been halved, on the personal level, i was a mandate for Mr. Vajpayee and against the leadership of P.V. Narasimha Rao, and While Mr. Vajpayee personifies probity in public life, Mr. Rao. Symbolizes deviousness in politics. “Nepotism and corruption were the hallmarks of Mr. Rao’s governance. The electorate has given a resounding defeat to this politics. The Congress today is an utterly demoralized party,” the resolution added.
The United Front (UF) government would collapse sooner than expected as it had to depend on Mr. Rao’s support for survival. It was involved in the exercise of covering up investigations against Mr. Rao in various scams like St. Kitts and urea scandal, the party said.
About the regional parties who were supporting the UF, the resolution said the BJP was convinced that these parties would have to pay dearly for joining hands with the Congress at the Center. “The political paradox of support at the Center and opposition in the states cannot last long,” it added: Taking a vow to strike back at those who have hijacked the people’s mandate, the BJP announced that it would launch a nationwide campaign to expand its base, both geographically and socially.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 26, 1996
