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Babri Masjid case: VS calls for prosecution

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has demanded that the Union government show boldness to prosecute those who played a role in the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Talking to presspersons after a meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, Mr. Achuthanandan said by demolishing the mosque, the Sangh Parivar had struck at the heart of India, creating communal divisions and causing the death of hundreds of people.

Those who had given political and spiritual leadership to the demolition, such as Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L.K. Advani, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Murli Manohar Joshi, had done a greater sin than those who resorted to murders over the issue.

Mr. Achuthanandan said the Centre should take action to prevent such incidents in future.

It could not dodge responsibility by merely placing the report of the Liberhan Commission before Parliament, he said.

He maintained that the Congress and the then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao had indirectly aided the demolition of the mosque. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was then Finance Minister in Rao’s Cabinet.

The then government had ignored warnings from the Intelligence Bureau and leaders such as V.P. Singh and Harkishan Singh Surjeet. So, the Congress leadership should confess its guilt, he said.

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