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As the judgment evoked different reactions from various political parties analyst believe that it is the BJP and the other parties professing the Hindutva ideology which would now see a new dawn in the political horizon. While hailing this epic judgment the President of the Bhartiya Janata Party Mr. L. K. Advani explained in an exclusive interview to India this week that this was a verdict which would desist them of a communal tag whenever the word Hindu or Hindutva got mention. Some of the senior congressmen however contended that this might tantamount to the misuse of sentiments of Hindus for electoral gains. At a time when the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to Manohar Joshi, it did not offer much respite to the Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thakrey who was found guilty of corrupt practices whi