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RSS, VHP appeal for peace in Gujarat

"I appeal to all RSS volunteers, sympathisers and friends who have faith in Hindutva to do their utmost in preventing any activity - like sloganeering and stone-pelting - that would disrupt peace, keeping in view the disturbed situation in the country for it would only strengthen the hands of anti-national terrorist elements," RSS general secretary Mohan Bhagwat said in a statement in Delhi.

He urged followers of other faiths not to fall prey to the instigation of terrorist elements and 'to conduct themselves as children of India along with their Hindu brethren'.

Meanwhile, the VHP also made an appeal to put an end to the ongoing violence in Gujarat, saying 'any kind of violence against anyone' was a matter of concern.

Talking to reporters in Delhi, VHP spokesman Veereshwar Dwivedi said: "The Godhra incident and the violence that followed was tragic. Any kind of violence against anyone is a matter of concern."

Calling for an end to the ongoing carnage in Gujarat, he said: "Good sense must prevail soon."

Dwivedi also condoled the deaths and expressed sympathies for those affected by the violence in the state.

He, however, regretted that opposition parties had decided to send a delegation to Gujarat to assess the situation but did not consider it appropriate to do so after the Godhra killings.

Dwivedi said this was being done taking vote bank politics into consideration.

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