Hyderabad, November 25: (Siasat News)“Congress and the BJP are equally responsible for the Babri Masjid demolition. While the BJP fanatics were demolishing the Structure the then Prime Minister P V Narsimha Rao was watching the Show on the telly at his prime ministerial residence”, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu, made these remarks commenting on the tabling of the Liberhan Commission report.
Babu said that in 1992 the then Central Government was fully aware that the BJP and other Saffronists were all set to demolish the disputed Babri Masjid. But the Government knowing fully well, kept its fingers crossed and silently aided them.
After the Masjid was demolished on 6th December 1992, the Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao condemned it in the evening , ‘the dastardly act’ whilst he could very well have stopped the demolition if he had wanted by deploying the security forces in advance with strict orders.
Speaking on the issue of the Babri Masjid, N. Chandra Naidu, said , as regarding the rebuilding of the Masjid at the same sight , it has been time and again said by the Congress and other secular parties that the decision of the Courts would be abided by.
He said that the Telugu Desam party had full faith in the Judiciary of the country. And it is the faith and hope of the Telugu Desam that the Judiciary would play its role impartially in this issue, and Justice would prevail.
Holding the Congress responsible for the Babri Masjid fiasco, Chandrababu Naidu held responsible the then Prime Minister and the scion of the Gandhi Family Mr. Rajiv Gandhi for raking up the hornet’s nest by giving permission for the Shilaniyas, which started it all , thus hurting the sentiments of the Muslim Minority in India.
In fact, during the Congress rule later the Babri Masjid was razed. He said that he has not studied the Leberhan report in detail, but pointed out that it took unduly long for the Report to be made public. When the report was available and ready it was the duty of the Congress Government to table it in the Parliament and deliberate over it, but it unduly delayed it.
Answering a query as to the Telugu Desam party’s support to the BJP and its silent stance over the Gujarat Pograms against the Muslims, Babu said that the Telugu Desam had supported the party from outside and had thus saved the Nation the expenses of another General Elections and stablised the economy. He made it clear that the Telugu Desam party supporting the BJP during its rule did not make any personal gains.
Commenting on the Gujarat riots of 2002 he said that the Telugu Desam was the first party in the country to demand the resignation of the Chief Minister Narendra Modi and registered a strong protest against it at the center.
He reiterated that the Telugu Desam party is a genuinely secular party and it respects and considers the rights and concerns of the minorities, especially the Muslim Community.
The President of the Telugu Desam said that the Liberhan commission which was instituted in 1992 tabled its report in 2009, it took 17 long years for it to come out with the report. If the Government is really serious it should take the report’s recommendations seriously and take proper action and bring to book all those responsible . The Government was not serious about tabling the report for it was not in the interest of the party. Keeping it in the dark was more in its favour.