BJP sees no early Ayodhya solution

NEW DELHI: Following the rejection of the Kanchi seer’s proposals on Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s official view was that the door on negotiations remained open and that talks were still continuing at different levels.
But unofficially, senior party leaders admitted that there was little likelihood of any early resumption of talks and that it was unlikely that any effort for a negotiated settlement will be made before the coming assembly polls in four states.Both the government and the party are inclined to await the court’s verdict, they said.
The party itself will discuss its future strategy on this issue and the VHP’s continuing personalised attacks against the PM at its national executive meeting to be held in Raipur from July 18.
BJP sources said that while discussing the mandir issue at last month’s chintan baithak in Mumbai, it was decided that the party and the government should not get involved in Shankaracharya’s negotiations which should be projected as an independent initiative.