Hardliners hijacking the issue?

NEW DELHI: With the Sangh Parivar and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) toughening their postures, it is clear that hardliners are on the rise within both warring groups.
What is clear is that from now on, it is the hardliners, and not the moderates, who will set the political agenda on behalf of their organisations.
The AIMPLB’s rejection of the RSS appeal was on the expected lines.It had to happen. But why did the RSS take a U-turn in Kanyakumari in the first place and ask the Muslims to step aside to allow the construction of a temple at the disputed site, and hand over the mosques at Mathura and Kashi?
Firstly, the RSS did not want the accusation that it had conveniently forgotten Ram for the sake of power.
Also, the Sangh Parivar realised the BJP was losing ground almost everywhere in general and the Ganga belt in particular. Finally, came the realisation that something needed to be done fast to stem the rot.
Whipping up the Ram temple movement has been a tried and tested formula for them. And that is precisely why it took such a confrontationist line.