The decision to disassociate myself from the RSS and the VHP was not taken on my own. I wanted to retain my links with them. However, they decided to disown me. Meetings were organised all over Uttar Pradesh to warn RSS and VHP volunteers to keep away from me. In such a situation, there was no point in keeping a one-sided commitment.

... Hindutva is not the monopoly of any organisation or individual. Similarly, all Ram bhakts want a mandir constructed at Ayodhya. However, I do not plan to do anything in haste to advance the mandir agenda ... (Source: The Frontline, 7 January, 2000)