In a direct admission of its failure to protect the Babri Masjid, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that “both the Congress and then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao paid the price” for it.
Amidst continuous slogan shouting by BJP members, the Home Minister summed up a highly-charged two day discussion on the Liberhan Commission report in the Lok Sabha by conceding that the “Congress erred in its judgment by relying on then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh’s assurances about preventing damage to the disputed structure”
At the same time, Chidambaram maintained that the then Central government was not directly responsible for the demolition. “Nobody can accuse the Congress government of not providing adequate support (for protecting the mosque)”.
“The union government sent adequate number of central forces, but Kalyan Singh deployed only four companies at Ayodhya”, he said.
The Home Minister’s speech remained mostly inaudible, as BJP members crowded together in the well of the House, while continuing to raise slogans of “Atalji Jai Jai”.
These corrupted politicians are real culprits of the nation. For the sake of Power they did not mind to hold the Liberhan Commission report till 17 yrs. What it has given ? The same old story after deleting Rao’s name.