Hindu interest remained neglected for a long time The RSS picked up the thread and resuscitated the national spirit ... This resurgent spirit of national assertion finally found a historic expression in the Ayodhya movement.

The Muslims seem to be perturbed by the VHP demand for the liberation of Mathura, Kashi and the rebuilding of the temple at Ayodhya. Let the Muslims, for a moment, forget VHP, RSS, etc. Year after year, millions of ordinary Hindus from all over the country visit these places ... and see before their eyes the desecration of their holiest places. They naturally feel humiliated ... They (ask) as to why the present generation of Muslims should identify itself with the barbaric invaders of the past. How can they gain the confidence of the Hindus this way?    (Source: The Organiser, 11 January, 1998)