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Bardhan criticises Gujarat for inaction
By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, FEB. 28. The CPI general secretary, A.B. Bardhan, today said that the Gujarat Government was not taking steps to prevent the spread of violence in the State.

Mr. Bardhan said the disturbance was caused by ``anti- social'' elements and it was not a ``communal riot''.

He said the people of Ahmedabad, with whom he was in touch, had complained that the police presence was hardly visible since most of the deployment was either at the hospital where bodies of those killed in Wednesday's incident were kept or where cremations were taking place.

PTI reports:

The Samajwadi Party president, Mulayam Singh Yadav, today demanded that the disturbed areas in Gujarat be handed over to the Army. The Centre should act immediately to bring peace in the State, he said.

Mr. Yadav, in a statement issued from Lucknow, warned against the designs of communal and disruptive forces which were bent upon vitiating the communal harmony of the country.

Speaking in Faizabad, the former Prime Minister, V.P. Singh, today said the VHP should abide by its commitment to honour the court's order in the Ayodhya case and that his Kisan Manch would plead to the Allahabad High Court for a day-to-day hearing for the speedy disposal of the case.

The VHP's stubborn attitude should not culminate in destroying peace, he said adding the Government should take necessary measures to deal with the situation in Ayodhya.

The Trinamool Congress chief, Mamata Banerjee, sought the Centre's intervention to defuse tension at Ayodhya in the ``absence'' of a stable Government in Uttar Pradesh and suggested the deployment of Army there.

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