India, Feb. 9 -- Hindu religious leaders inclined towards the Congress are trying to grab the leadership of the movement and embarrass the BJP government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

New Delhi: The Congress has put Hindu religious leaders inclined towards it on the job of creating a leadership tussle within the Ram temple movement, which the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has been spearheading so far, claim insiders in the party. This fact became quite evident when the Shankaracharya of Dwarka, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, known for his Congress leanings, set 21 February as the date for beginning construction of the temple and dared the government to stop him. The insiders pointed out that a definite plan was being put in motion behi...