84 Kos Parikrama

While VHP chief Ashok Singhal was detained at Lucknow airport, senior leader Praven Togadia was arrested while trying to offer prayers at the Saryu river banks. Other leaders arrested today include ex-BJP Member of Parliament Ram Vilas Vedanti and former Ayodhya MLA Lallu Singh. Togadia, Vedanti and Singh have been sent to 14-day judicial custody.

The massive crackdown by the Uttar Pradesh government notwithstanding, a defiant Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Ashok Singhal today asked the state government to review its decision of banning the controversial yatra saying it could not be stopped now with saints from across the country reaching Ayodhya soon.

The VHP says that its yatra - a 300-km 20-day trek around Ayodhya - is on starting Sunday. But, with three days to go, there is no sign of the "lakhs of saints" it says will march in its 84 kos parikrama.

While VHP chief Ashok Singhal was detained at Lucknow airport, senior leader Praven Togadia was arrested while trying to offer prayers at the Saryu river banks. Other leaders arrested today include ex-BJP Member of Parliament Ram Vilas Vedanti and former Ayodhya MLA Lallu Singh. Togadia, Vedanti and Singh have been sent to 14-day judicial custody.

The massive crackdown by the Uttar Pradesh government notwithstanding, a defiant Vishwa Hindu Parishad chief Ashok Singhal today asked the state government to review its decision of banning the controversial yatra saying it could not be stopped now with saints from across the country reaching Ayodhya soon.

The VHP says that its yatra - a 300-km 20-day trek around Ayodhya - is on starting Sunday. But, with three days to go, there is no sign of the "lakhs of saints" it says will march in its 84 kos parikrama.