Babri mosque demolition was not planned: Singhal

Chennai, Dec 5 (PTI) Rejecting the Liberhan
Commission's indictment of it in the Babri mosque demolition
in 1992 in north Indian city of Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) Saturday said it was not a planned destruction
but a "spontaneous decision" taken by the karsevaks.

International president of the VHP, Ashok Singhal told
reporters that people had gone there for the construction of a
Ram temple on "our plot of 2.77 acres of land" away from the
disputed structure.
"There was no choice for the people since there was no
court verdict (which was not delivered as expected). When they
could not construct they chose to demolish. It was a
spontaneous decision (and) nobody expected the demolition to
be completed in five hours as the 16th century building came
down in five hours. Nobody planned it," Singhal claimed.
Namaz (Muslim prayers) was not held there since 1934,
he said, adding that, therefore, it was an "illusion that a
mosque was brought down."
The incident only resulted in Hindu-Muslim frictions,
he said.
He called for a legislation in the Parliament for
building temples in Ram Janma Bhoomi, Krishna Janma Bhoomi and
Kashi Vishwanath. PTI SA
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