BJP meets to adopt Ayodhya resolution

The resolution, apparently being brought under pressure from the party's Sangh Parivar associates, was expected to reaffirm BJP's commitment to the construction of Ram Temple at the disputed site, party sources said.

However, with a view not to offend the sensitivity of its coalition partners, the resolution is likely to express its helplessness to introduce a bill in the absence of adequate numbers in Parliament.

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The decision not to make any major shift in its stand also stems from a realisation that the Ayodhya issue would have little impact on the coming Assembly elections in five states.

The resolution would emphasise on resolving the issue through negotiations in a cordial atmosphere besides stressing on expediting the judicial process, the sources said.

"There would be nothing in the resolution that would offend our NDA allies," BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan said.

The resolution, drafted by Mahajan and another general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, would be the first after the 1989 Palampur one where the party decided to jump headlong into the Ram Janambhoomi movement leading to L K Advani's Rath Yatra, which saw the party being catapulted to power.