VHP Ayodhya yatra: chief, top leader arrested
Despite a ban by the Uttar Pradesh government, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP plans to begin its 300-km-long parikrama or religious procession around Ayodhya this morning, with a puja on the ghats of the Saryu river in the town.
Fearing showdown, the UP administration has increased security in and around Ayodhya.
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VHP leader Ashok Singhal has been arrested from Lucknow airport. He had planned to drive down to Ayodhya, around 150 km away, for the "Chaurasi Kos Parikrama", a 300-km-long parikrama or religious procession around Ayodhya, that has been banned by the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh.
