New Delhi: September 14, 2007- The government of India has decided at the top level to re-examine the Sethusamudram project so that the Ram Setu is not disturbed and the Supreme Court has given three months time to file their views. However,the has  withdrawn a controversial affidavit stating that there is no historical proof of Lord Rama’s existence.

The Centre said in a fresh affidavit that it never meant to cast aspersions on any faith.

The affidavit says: ''The government has total respect for all religions and Hinduism in particular in the context of present case. The government is alive and conscious of religious sensibilities, including the unique ancient and holy text of Ramayana having regards to public sentiments.''

The uncalled for affidavit created a political turmoil over the remarks on Lord Rama, and that  forced Congress President Sonia Gandhi to step in to pacify the situation by appreciating the sentiments of the people.

As per agency reports that speaks ''Contents of the Valmiki Ramayana, the Ramcharita Manas by Tulsidas and other mythological texts cannot be said to be historical record to incontrovertibly prove the existence of the characters, or the occurrence of the events, depicted therein.''

The Centre's action came in the wake of controversy sparked by the ASI affidavit on Thursday that forced the government to retrace their steps.
 
Congress Spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said that the party is looking into who is responsible for the lapse.  Congress leader Devendra Nath Dwivedi said that Congress always respected the sentiment of the people and would do so in future, no question of playing with their emotions. He further said
that the current matter cannot be looked as a narrow bureaucratic issue and the government should definitely fix accountability.

As per NDTV. a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balkrishnan, which allowed the Centre to withdraw the affidavits, said that the August 31 interim order putting on hold the construction in Rama Setu area will continue.

The Court in its interim order had allowed the dredging activity. It posted the matter for hearing in the first week of January, 2008.

The CPI(M) Politburo has come to the Congress government's aid on the ongoing Sethusamudram shipping canal project controversy.

The party issued a statement on Friday that supported the government and took a dig at the Opposition BJP.

Dr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo Theorist from India and Chairman National Integration Assembly (NIA), said in New Delhi that the retracing step on the Sethusamudram project by the Govt. is not enough, they shall have to give a befitting reply to the NASA on one side and to pacify the sentiments of the people on the other, the scholars need to go back to the mythological history and balm the outlook of the people. India is a country of religious nature, none should be allowed to play with them, whether it is NASA or any govt. in India. 

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