PROGRESS ON AYODHYA?

BJP President Venkaiah Naidu suggested that a mosque could be built next to a Hindu temple at the disputed site. The Times of India views this as a bid by the BJP to get muslim voters. If so, good for them! That is the way democratic politics is supposed to work: politicians try to build diverse coalitions by responding to the concerns of different subgroups. And this is certainly a welcome stance compared to recent BJP extremism in Gujarat, for example. (For more links on Ayohdya, see my posts here and here.)