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issue. At the same time, the Govern ment will take action if the naxals created a law and order problem,"<br />
he said. (The Hindu 5.11.04)<br />
6 th Nov.<br />
Sangh admits storm brewing in the Parivar (26)<br />
HARDWAR, NOVEMBER 5: THE cracks in the Sangh Parivar split wide open to day and the tremors<br />
from the shaken saffron edifice reverberated not just in this ancient pil grimage town but as far away as<br />
Delhi, Indore and Bhopal. The proceedings on the first day of the RSS's na tional executive meeting at the<br />
Kacchi Ashram here to day, attended by over 300 delegates including BJP chief L K Advani and his predecessor<br />
Venkaiah Naidu, was wholly overshadowed by the "boycott" by VHP strongmen Ashok Singhal<br />
and Praveen Togadia. In an act of open defi ance against the RSS—re garded as the "mother" or ganisation<br />
to which all affiliates pay obeisance— Messrs Singhal and Togadia (and their compatriot Giri-raj Kishore)<br />
refused to at tend the RSS meet to protest the presence of their current bete noire L K Advani. (<strong>Indian</strong><br />
Express 6.11.04)<br />
VHP boycotts RSS meet (26)<br />
Haridwar, November 5: SENIOR VHP leaders Praveen Togadia, Ashok Singhal and Giriraj Kishore<br />
'boycotted' the crucial RSS All-India Working Committee meeting, supposedly due to BJP chief L. K.<br />
Advani's presence. The trio, who had attended the pre-meet discussions with the RSS leaders at the Rajju<br />
Bhaiya com plex on Wednesday, left the venue just before Advani's arrival. They spent the day in the<br />
nearby Doodhadhari Ashram to perform a Hin du Jan Jagran Anushthan and re fused to meet anybody The<br />
'boycott' not only proved to be an embarrassment for Advani, but also ensured that none of the is sues on<br />
the agenda could be taken up. Hectic efforts continued on the sidelines to convince the leaders to meet<br />
Advani and sort out their dif ferences through negotiation, but without result. This is the first time that the<br />
VHP has boycotted the RSS annual working committee meet. Even efforts by senior RSS leaders like K.<br />
C. Sudarshan and Rajendra Singh Pankaj to cajole the furious VHP leaders failed. Advani said the issues<br />
that were taken up in the meet included the prevailing political scenario of the country and the BJP's role in<br />
it. Re cent glection results and the Ram Janmbhumi Mandir issue were also discussed, he added. Advani<br />
said that the BJP was ready to take corrective measures, if needed, but refused to elaborate. He also refused<br />
to answer questions on the VHP's boycott and Uma Bharti's re marks against Pramod Mahajan.<br />
(Hindustan Times 6.11.04)<br />
BJP, VHP prepare for battle (26)<br />
HARDWAR, Nov. 6. - It's official now. The cracks are visible, the facade of discipline has been shat tered<br />
and the Sangh Parivar's top bosses have accepted that the VHP and BJP are at war. All this has<br />
happened within a span of 48 hours at the two-day national ex ecutive meet of the RSS. It is apparent that<br />
in this 'battle' for supremacy, the RSS has sided with the VHP. The RSS genera), secretary, Mr Mohan<br />
Rao Bhag-wat, today said: "There are differ ences between the VHP and BJP (over issue of Hindutva)...<br />
and RSS wants BJP to come back to the Hindutva fold." Mr Bhagwat said the RSS will adopt a 'wait and<br />
watch' policy for some more time to give the BJP another chance to return to its saffron moorings. He did<br />
not rule out the possibility of looking for another option to replace the BJP in case the party fails to follow<br />
the RSS' 'suggestions'. (Statesman 7.11.04)<br />
10 th Nov.<br />
NDA allies to oppose BJP Hindutva agenda (26)<br />
New Delhi, Nov. 9: NDA allies are deter mined to oppose any moves by the BJP to rake up contentious<br />
issues like Ayodhya. The NDA meeting is scheduled in the Capital for Monday, in the backdrop of B JP<br />
president L.K. Advani raising the Ram Temple issue at the BIP national council meeting on October 27. Mr<br />
Advani's remarks on Ayodhya at the meeting triggered a controversy with some NDA allies worried that<br />
the BJP was chart ing its own course with Hindutva as a dri ving force. The NDA meeting has been<br />
convened fol lowing a demand by the Janata Dal-United, an alliance constituent, at its recent national<br />
executive meeting in Ranchi, which passed a resolution saying that it had joined the NDA only after three<br />
controversial issues — abrogation of Article 370, Uniform Civil Code and Ayodhya — had been removed<br />
from the-NDA's national agenda for Governance. "If any effort is now made to revive them, we shall have<br />
to take another road. We shall never compromise with religious big otry," the JD-U resolution had stated,<br />
indi cating that it could even consider severing ties with the BJP-led alliance. The TDP, which had
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