Sonia's letter a gimmick, says BJP

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUNE 9. The Bharatiya Janata Party today described the Congress president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi's letter to the Prime Minister on issuing a fresh notification after correcting technical deficiencies in the Babri Masjid demolition case as a `political gimmick'.

In an informal interaction with correspondents here, senior BJP leader, Mr. J.P. Mathur, said the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government were competent to take proper decision. Mr. Mathur said he saw no need for a fresh notification since it was well known that the three Union Ministers - Mr L.K. Advani, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi and Ms. Uma Bharti - were not party to any `conspiracy'.

Mr. Mathur said the case was filed against the leaders with the intention to malign them. He argued that issuing a fresh notification would mean that both the party and BJP-led Government also held these leaders responsible.

Ms. Gandhi had written a letter to Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday urging him to initiate steps to remove the shortcomings in the earlier notification of 1993.

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