The assurance by PM Vajpayee ... will allay fears only if it is followed by appropriate steps. These steps must aim at ensuring that the various arms of the Sangh Parivar categorically jettison the temple construction project ... The leaders, of the VHP and others in the Sangh Parivar have stated unambiguously that the artisans in the Rajasthan village are engaged in carving stone pillars meant for the proposed temple at the very site where the Babari Masjid stood in Ayodhya. Despite such overwhelming evidence, there was evasiveness on the part of the Government ... which did not at all clarify whether such construction activity was taking place and, if so, for what purpose ... Assurances such as the one made by the PM have been handed out by the leading lights of the BJP on several occasions. One such occasion was just a couple of days before the horrifying demolition ... on December 6, 1992 .... Vajpayee's observation that it was a result of the "restlessness" caused by inordinate judicial delay in a case involving people's "emotions" gave tacit legitimacy to the act of demolition. It also obliquely justified the Sangh Parivar's drawn-out campaign on Ayodhya. Rather than indulging in laboured and unconvincing explanations about what led to the demolition, Vajpayee would do better to ensure that passions are not whipped up once again. The BJP cannot distance itself from its constitutionally mandated responsibility to ensure that Ayodhya is not the focus of another searing and disintegrative campaign.