Congress in a fix, Liberhan report allegedly leaked

DISRUPTION AHEAD: The Opposition upset over alleged leak in report has put the Congress-led UPA govt in a fix.

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New Delhi: The Opposition came down heavily on the Government when Parliament convened on Monday morning. The BJP, smarting from the alleged indictment by the Liberhan panel, invoked Atal Behari Vajpayee's name to bring proceedings to the halt.

Soon the entire Opposition closed ranks demanding that the Government should reveal who leaked the report.

Exactly two weeks before its 17th anniversary, the shadow of Babri demolition has returned to haunt the BJP.

Opposition leaders including L K Advani met finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for a breakfast meet.

Leader of Opposition, L K Advani said, "They could have indicted me or anyone else but not Vajpayee."

The Opposition is questioning the timing of the report leak when the Government was finding the going tough in the winter session of Parliament and when the entire opposition with help from some UPA partners had come together on the issue of sugarcane prices.

The Liberhan report had the potential to alienate the BJP from the rest.

But what one saw in Parliament on Monday was totally different from the speculations.

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, generally known for his leanings towards the minority community joined hands with L K Advani in demanding an immediate tabling of the Liberhan commission report as well as on an enquiry on how the report was leaked.

"How this report got leaked, please tell us," Mulayam Singh demanded.

Home Minister P Chidambaram tried to reassure all parties by saying, "It's safe with me."

But the one person who has worked on this report for 17 long years, Liberhan Commission of Enquiry chief, Justice M S Liberhan was livid with the selective leak.

Liberhan said to media persons, "Get lost, you are questioning my credibility,"

The drama in Parliament was over but the Congress leadership went into a huddle.

As per law, a report once submitted to the Government must be tabled within six months.

At the UPA chief Sonia Gandhi's residence, a decision was taken to wait till Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from his US trip on November 30 before tabling the report.

Till then probably Parliament will witness friction like the one seen on Monday and may not function at all, experts worry.