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VELLORE, INDIA, November 16, 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi met Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi in jail at Vellore on Tuesday and later termed as “reprehensible” the seer’s arrest in connection with a murder case. “But if there is something let the court decide it. Even swamiji is saying that whatever is the court verdict he will accept it,” he told reporters. Joshi termed as “absurd notion” the prosecution’s view that the Shankaracharya could poison himself if he was allowed to cook his own food in jail. “It is also being said that he might run to Nepal. How can he when he is in police custody? With such talks, his and the Mutt’s reputation is being sullied.” Joshi said it would be difficult to take such action against the Shankaracharya without the government’s approval. “I cannot say what are the reasons behind it. But I can surely say this does not seem to be any ordinary case.”



Stating that he met the seer for 20 minutes, Joshi said, “I won’t be meeting the chief minister (of Tamil Nadu), but I might send my report to her… Swamiji only said that God should give wisdom to everyone.”

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