Religious Leaders Demand Ban on VHP

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AYODHYA, INDIA, June 25, 2002: Prominent saints and seers in this temple town today demanded a ban on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), saying that the VHP’s decision not to abide by the court order on the Ram temple issue would “encourage the cult of religious terrorism.” “The VHP’s decision is violative of constitutional provisions and such open defiance of the Constitution and courts should not be allowed as it will encourage the cult of religious terrorism,” Mahant Yugal Kishore Shastri, convener of a joint meeting of saints, seers and Muslim leaders in Ayodhya, told presspersons after the meeting. The meeting was held at the Hanumangarhi temple and presided over by the head of the Ramanand sect, Jagatguru Ramanandacharya Swami Haryacharya. Swami Haryacharya said there was no place for violence in the name of religion. For more information on this meeting, e-mail Swami Agnivesh at “source” above.