New Delhi, December 09: The BJP broke every single promise made before the Supreme Court and to the Government of India on Kar Seva at the disputed Babri mosque site while the then Central government committed a grave political mistake by trusting the party, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said in his reply to the Libarhan panel debate even as Opposition engaged in sloganeering.
He regretted that the PV Narsimha Rao led Congress government committed the error of trusting the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and later paid for it. “Kalyan Singh lied to the Govt and Supreme Court that the structure will be protected,” he said, adding it was the UP government’s responsibility to protect the structure.
Alleging that Opposition leader LK Advani had all the information about what the Kar Sevaks were doing on December 6, 1992, Chidambaram claimed that members of Sangh Parivar went to Ayodhya with an intention of destroying the Babri structure.
BJP and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), in connivance with Kalyan Singh were responsible for the demolition of the Babri, as per the report, Chidambaram said.
Opposition MPs indulged in slogan shouting even as Union Home Minister P Chidambaram rose to reply to the debate on Liberhan Commission report.
NDA allies shouted ‘Shame, shame’ and ‘Jai Jai, Atal ji’ on top of their voices but a seemingly unperturbed Chidambaram continued with his reply. This happened as the House resumed discussion after it was adjourned once before.
Chidambaram said the only issue before the House was that who demolished the structure.
The NDA members were agitated when Beni Prasad Verma used a derogatory word against Vajpayee during a debate on the Liberhan Commission report.
The NDA members demanded an apology from Verma for the comments.
Speaker Meera Kumar expunged the word and Home Minister P Chidambaram expressed apology on behalf of Verma but the agitating NDA members were not pacified, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House for 20 minutes till 5 PM.
When the House re-assembled, the ruckus continued with BJP members insisting on apology by Verma.
At the behest of the Speaker, Verma said, “The House is above all. If I have hurt them (BJP members), I regret.”
Chidambaram went on to reveal what happened on D-day. He revealed that the demolition began on December 6 at 12.15pm when the Kar Sevaks began drilling a hole on the top of the dome. He added that the structure was brought down from inside.
He asked the shouting Opposition members to tell the nation what did their senior leaders discuss on the morning of that day in 1992. Kar Sevaks had carried hammers with them. The minister also wondered how lathis & axes were brought to the location.
–Agencies