Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar on Saturday said the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was prevented from going ahead with the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya by some “insiders.”
“I am fully aware that Vajpayee was all set to remove various hurdles and pave the way for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya; but some people who were bent upon not letting him get the credit for the gigantic task, did not let him have his way,” Mr. Katiyar told journalists here, during a brief halt after addressing a convention of the State BJP women’s wing in Aligarh.
Hurdles
Mr. Katiyar, who had been in the forefront of the Ayodhya temple movement as founder president of the Bajrang Dal, said: “Vajpayee had worked out a smooth solution for the construction of the much debated temple and but for the hurdles created by certain leaders, he would have ensured its completion during his stint as Prime Minister.”
He, however, refused to divulge the names of the leaders whom he accused of putting the stumbling blocks in Mr. Vajpayee’s path.
“I will name those leaders at an appropriate time,” he said.
Asked when that would be, Mr. Katiyar said: “Well, not very far from now.”
