[India News]: Kalavai, Jan 23 : Condemning the arrest of Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, former youth Congress President M S Bitta today said it was an attack against Hindu religion.
Bitta, who arrived here this morning, told reporters that 'political terrorism was now being used against religious heads. This was not a healthy trend'.
When asked whether he had come with any message from the Congress, Bitta replied in the negative. 'You may think I have come as a Congress leader or as the head of the Anti-Terrorism Front (ATF) but I have come here as a devotee. I am a bhakta of Sankaracharya'.
Bitta, who spoke to the media after spending over half an hour inside the mutt, said he was yet to meet the Sankaracharya as the seer was doing his puja. Bitta said he would wait and talk to the seer.
Claiming that he was the first person to protest against the arrest of the seer, Bitta said he would decide on the future strategy of the ATF on the issue after talking to the seer.
Bitta said though he wanted to meet Sankaracharya much ealier, he could not do so because of the demise of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. PTI
Sunday, January 23, 2005
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