VHP threatens fresh agitation over Ram Setu issue

Bhubaneswar: (28/2)In the wake of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affair's approval to a new affidavit on Ram Setu, Viswa Hindu Parishad on Thursday threatened for a fresh State wide agitation in the State. As the Centre is seeking to lift the stay on the construction of the controversial project off the Tamil Nadu coastline, we have decided to again take to street over the issue, VHP State secretary Gouri Prasad Rath said. "We will wait till March 5, as the new affidavit will be filed in Supreme Court on the same day. If our concerns were not taken up, VHP would further step up its agitation," Rath said. He also stressed on the need to build the Ram temple at the same place in Ayodhya and said the VHP will not allow any shift from the original site to any other place. After the Navy chief, the Director-General of Coast Guards had expressed serious reservation on the viability of the controversial Sethusamudram project but the Centre is yet to take up the concern and more worry for DMK's political vendetta, Rath said. As, experts of different fields have already expressed concerns over the project, the government should file an affidavit immediately before the Supreme Court to save Ram Sethu," he said. Pointing out that the Navy chief and Coast Guard chief are the two final authorities, entrusted with the task of national security, Rath said the Government should scrap the project to ensure safety and security of the region and save the taxpayers' money.