Click to play videoNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led Central Government over the Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan Commission of Inquiry report on the Babri Masjid demolition case which has reportedly indicted several BJP leaders for the demolition.
BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said Congress was trying to use Liberhan report to deflect the country's attention from other important issues.
"Does it take 17 years for a report to get published? It's a ploy of Congress to distract the nation from price rise, the issue of farmers, the issue of Madhu Koda's scam. The Congress party has given a selective leak. We are ready for the report to be tabled in Parliament. We have been demanding for long for it to be tabled. Why is the Congress party shying away?" asked Rudy while addressing a press conference on Monday.
"Librehan Commission report is a Parliament issue. The newspaper report is baseless. Why is the government playing hide and seek? Why can't the government table the report in Parliament? It's been told to the nation through a newspaper report on what BJP did to demolish Babri Masjid," Rudy added.
Murli Manohar Joshi, one of the BJP leader indicted by the Liberhan Commission, claimed that there was was 'a selective leakage'. "Entire report should be tabled in the House," he said.
Another BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed the newspaper report saying it lacked credibility.
"Naming Vajpayee and giving a clean chit of Narasimha Rao is only a sign of lacking credibility. A formal reaction will come from us only when it is tabled in Parliament. We will not react on media reports," said Prasad.
Leader of Opposition LK Advani, who has also been reportedly indicted by the Commission, refused to comment on it.
However, the Congress said the party will not react to media reports.
"One cannot react to press reports. This has to be a property of Parliament when the session is on," said Congress Spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
But he also took a swipe at the BJP.
"When you stand there in tears and say that you condemn it, the principal accused stand there with your workers demolishing and dancing away to glory. UPA could have tabled it long ago. We are letting the process take its own time. There is no vendetta involved and nobody can comment on it before its tabled," said Singhvi.
"The general feeling of the nation is clear. The BJP was in favour of the demolition. There was divisiveness and provocation," he added.
The Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition case has reportedly indicted former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition LK Advani in the case.
CNN-IBN had first reported how the Commission's report put the responsibility for the demolition on the BJP top brass.
Now, reports in the Indian Express say the Commission has also severely criticises many Muslim leaders for failing to put forth their case properly.
The Home Ministry reportedly intends to table the Action Taken Report on the Commissions findings in the Winter Session of Parliament.
The report incidentally has virtually scrapped the BJP's claim that the Babri Masjid demolition was a spontaneous outburst.
The Commission says it was meticulously planned.
The Commission had also given a clean chit to the Narasimha Rao government and blamed the then Uttar Pradesh government led by Kalyan Singh for not seeking Central intervention.
The one-man Commission was set up 10 days after the demolition as communal riots rocked several parts of the country. After 17 years and 48 extensions, it submitted its report on June 30 this year.
Justice Liberhan declined to comment on his report.
"I will not comment on it. Let the report come on record," he said.
The individuals named in the report are:
Vinay Katiyar: Guilty of provocative speeches and involvement in plot of demolish mosque.
Uma Bharti: Guilty of encouraging the demolition of the mosque.
Murli Manohar Joshi: Guilty of vocal support for the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.
LK Advani: Report critical of his rath yatra.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders Ashok Singhal and Giriraj Kishore have also been criticised.
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