BJP in a fix over VHP diatribe.

(From The Times of India)

Byline: Anita Katyal

NEW DELHI: Though distinctly embarrassed by the VHP's continuing tirade against the NDA government and the PM on the Ayodhya issue, the BJP finds itself in a bind about how it should silence the outspoken leaders of its sister organisation.

There is growing belief in the BJP that it will be difficult for the party to make Ayodhya its primary poll plank in the next Lok Sabha election as the 1991 Ram wave cannot be revived.

But it is unable to tell this to the VHP which has been at the forefront of the Ram temple movement. At the same time, the BJP cannot forsake the issue completely as that …