LUCKNOW: Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party Government today banned Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Sankalp Yatra which was planned for October 18. As per reports, VHP's main programme is to be held in Ayodhya.

Earlier, the VHP accused the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh of seeking to sabotage their campaign for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya.

Reacting to report in ToI about a meeting convened by the UP government to discuss VHP's push for a central legislation for building the Ram temple, VHP leader Ashok Singhal said that the UP government was planning to foil the Sankalp Diwas, which the outfit had decided to observe Valmiki Jayanti on October 18 to take a fresh vow for the construction of Ram temple.

This is part of SP's plan for the "Islamization" of the politics of UP, Singhal alleged, according to a press release issued by the VHP.

Singhal tried to back up his charge by referring to the measures UP government took to stop the "84 kosi parikrama yatra" of Hindu saints that VHP had planned, and its alleged encouragement to "jehadi elements" during the recent communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar.

He also said that VHP will be holding a congregation of the "venerable saints" for charting the future course of action.