The Masjid was a standing insult to Hinduism ...

The building of the Masjid was a political gesture, shorn of any semblance to spirituality. There was no reason why a Masjid should have been built in Ayodhya of all places - just as there was no reason why other Masjids should have been built in Varanasi and Mathura - if it were not to emphasise that Islam was the ruling power in North India and the Hindus had better lug it.

The Babari Masjid hurt Hindu sentiments and this was openly and publicly expressed. Demolition of the Masjid was an act of self-respect on the part of the Hindus ... What would, indeed, have been "shame-faced" is if the Hindus had taken resort to demeaning ways of demolishing the Masjid ... An affront to Hinduism must be brought down openly and in broad daylight, for all the world to know.

What is disdainfully called "Hindu nationalism" is the cry of a people who have long been kept out of power and are now seeking to assert themselves ...

The BJP's nationalism is not exclusivist or anti-Muslim ... Ayodhya was a necessary act, even as it was a painful one ... The future belongs to the B.IP and Hindu nationalism ...                                                                                             (Source: The Times of India, 22 December, 1997)