Rao should have intervened to prevent Babri demolition: Cong

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Ahead of the debate on Liberhan
Commission report in Indian Parliament, Congress party
Saturday found fault with former Indian Prime Minister P V
Narsimha Rao for his failure to intervene in time to prevent
the demolition of Babri Masjid in north Indian city Ayodhya.

"We all feel that Rao should not have relied on the
affidavit filed by VHP and the then state government of Uttar
Pradesh and should have intervened in time to prevent the
demolition," All India Congress Committee (AICC) general
secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh (northern state)
Digvijay Singh told reporters here.
His comments, which came on the eve of the anniversary of
the demolition, were in response to a question about what
would be the strategy of Congress party during the debate in
wake of the opposition attacking the party for the clean chit
given to Rao in the Liberhan report.
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi earlier this year had
said had anyone from his family been at the helm of affairs at
that time, the mosque would not have been demolished.
The opposition is targeting the government for the clean
chit being given to Rao in the Liberhan report with the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP)
speaking in the same voice on the issue.
This was evident with the SP going hammer and tongs
against Congress party over the report, saying the party then
led by Rao failed to prevent the developments which ultimately
led to the Masjid's demolition.
The BJP is also pointing to the denial of ticket by
Congress party to Rao in the 1998 Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Indian Parliament) elections for his failure to protect the
Masjid. PTI AMR
ANU


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