WE demolished the disputed structure because Dar-ul-Islam ulemas at Deoband told us it violated the Quranic hadees. That no place of worship should be known by a mortal's name. The Babri Masjid was an anti-Islamic monument, not a place of worship. By pulling it down we've upheld true Islam. Besides, the domes were leaking and posed a public health hazard!" This is Vinay Katiyar's new line for the Muslims. The Bajrang Dal convenor—sitting BJP MP from Faizabad, who heads the gallery of candidates with dubious credentials—has his own list of hazards. He has earned no love in his constituency, which he has scarcely graced with his presence; the Kusum Mishra rape case in which he's the defendant; allegations of corruption; the anger of the Kurmis who complain he's done nothing for his community; and the erosion of the Brahmin and Kshatriya vote. But he's brazening it out. "I'm popular. I'll win," he declares.