<p>He said the VHP would need to devise a comprehensive strategy to use the new-age media.<br /><br />Making notes<br /><br />A group of over 250 Vishwa Hindu Parishad office-bearers sat attentively, some of them taking down notes as Singhal’s address meandered from the Ram Mandir issue to Sonia Gandhi’s “appeasement of the Muslims” and on to more mundane affairs such as the need to mobilise funds for the group’s approaching golden jubilee in 2014. <br /><br />But the VHP leader’s take on the scams that have dogged the UPA government was rather unique. <br /><br />Secession ruse<br /><br />Describing the recent turmoil in Kashmir as a ruse to push for secession, Singhal said the scams were a “divine intervention” that helped derail the Kashmir agenda.<br /><br />The Ramnathi temple where the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is holding its governing council meeting sits in the heart of Ponda taluka. Cluster of over 15 temples dominates the landscape in this area, considered the capital of Hinduism in Goa. Outside the temple, a fleet of sleek cars with red beacons waited to whisk away the VHP bosses.</p>
<p>He said the VHP would need to devise a comprehensive strategy to use the new-age media.<br /><br />Making notes<br /><br />A group of over 250 Vishwa Hindu Parishad office-bearers sat attentively, some of them taking down notes as Singhal’s address meandered from the Ram Mandir issue to Sonia Gandhi’s “appeasement of the Muslims” and on to more mundane affairs such as the need to mobilise funds for the group’s approaching golden jubilee in 2014. <br /><br />But the VHP leader’s take on the scams that have dogged the UPA government was rather unique. <br /><br />Secession ruse<br /><br />Describing the recent turmoil in Kashmir as a ruse to push for secession, Singhal said the scams were a “divine intervention” that helped derail the Kashmir agenda.<br /><br />The Ramnathi temple where the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is holding its governing council meeting sits in the heart of Ponda taluka. Cluster of over 15 temples dominates the landscape in this area, considered the capital of Hinduism in Goa. Outside the temple, a fleet of sleek cars with red beacons waited to whisk away the VHP bosses.</p>
