'BJP should not have raised the issue'

The Telugu Desam Party, a major ally of the National Democratic Alliance, supports the Atal Behari Vajpayee government without participating in it. Although the TDP initially disapproved of the Prime Minister's stand on the Ayodhya issue, it fell in line along with other BJP allies and voted in favour of the government when the matter came up for debate in Parliament. One, regarding the commitment to the common minimum agenda, and two, on abiding by the Supreme Court's verdict. My party's support to the NDA government is confined to two issues, namely, the National Agenda of Governance and abiding by the courts' verdict in the Ayod hya issue. We are watching the situation, observing the philosophy, and we will see if the Prime Minister violates the common minimum agenda.