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Liberhan report

The sangh parivar has a lot to answer for. According to the Liberhan Commission, the BJP’s top leadership, including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, cannot be deemed innocent — it cannot be assumed that they did not know the sangh parivar’s design to raze the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. Mr. Vajpayee’s indictment is of particular significance. The government must act against all those indicted. The BJP would do well to distance itself from these leaders.

Motupalli S. Prasad,

Chennai

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Justice Liberhan’s observation that Narasimha Rao was helpless in preventing the demolition of the Babri Masjid because he was bound by the Constitution is unacceptable. What prevented him from dismissing the Kalyan Singh government and simultaneously airlifting commandos to Ayodhya to stop the demolition? The kar sevaks who demolished the mosque were unarmed and they could have been driven away. Rao’s name should be included in the list of names of those who could have prevented the tragedy.

M.K.B. Nambiar,

Mahe

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The Liberhan Commission report which has come out after 17 years should be acted upon decisively. It should be used to make laws to prevent the inflaming of passions, which triggers bloodshed. But the nation’s attention should not be diverted from the problems of price rise and unemployment. This is important because the BJP will do its best to score brownie points to revive its sagging image by going back to its divisive agenda.

Kasim Sait,

Chennai

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The exercise of the Liberhan Commission which took 17 long years to find nothing new reminds me of a joke. Three persons — an American, an Englishman and an Indian — were travelling together. The American said he came from a country that was highly advanced even in ancient times. From the excavations in his country, it was clear that it had trains even in the early days. The Englishman claimed that his country was far more advanced as the excavations in his country indicated that it had aeroplanes. The Indian announced with pride that their achievements paled in comparison with India where nothing had been found, which proved that it had a wireless system even in the ancient times.

S. Jamal Ahmad,

Patna

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