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NEW DELHI: Shatrughan Sinha, who off and on makes statements uncomfortable to the BJP leadership, on Friday again came out with views which are at variance with that of the party on issues like Ayodhya and POTA.
In a clear reference to the Ayodhya row, he regretted that political parties were caught in an "imbroglio" over temples and mosques.
"In Mumbai, we use a term called 'lafra (imbroglio)'. Political parties are engaged in the temple-mosque 'lafra'.
Instead they should be working like Bitta to build humanity," the BJP MP and former Union Minister remarked at an event organised by All India Anti-Terrorist Front chief MS Bitta to mark the first anniversary of last year's pre-Diwali bomb blasts in Delhi.
Sinha, who made no mention of tough anti-terror laws like POTA that his party is supportive of, maintained that fast-track courts should be set up instead to try terror cases.
The BJP leader took a dig at the government for "conflicting" statements over the suspected role of Pakistan in the Mumbai train bombings.
The Rajya Sabha member, whose recent praise for Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul Gandhi has upset many in the BJP, says he is personally opposed to capital punishment.
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