Kanchi Seer's arrest made in haste or under pressure: Advani

The BJP chief added as far as the facts were concerned, the case was in court and it was the court that had to give the final verdict.

The BJP on Sunday said the decision to arrest Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati by Tamil Nadu government appeared to have been made in "haste" or "under pressure."

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"The Supreme Court has set certain guidelines on whom to arrest or whom not to arrest for what offence. It seems that the decisions (in Shankaracharya case) taken are either hasty or taken under pressure," BJP President LK Advani said in Amritsar.

"He (the Shankaracharya is not the kind of person, who will go underground or vanish. As far as the facts are concerned, the case is in court and it is the court that has to decide," Advani said.