Kalyan Singh ready to face charges in Babri mosque caseJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh today said that he is ready to face charges levelled against him in the Liberhan Commission report. Speaking to reporters here, Singh said, "I am ready to face whatever charges have been levelled against me.
Murli Manohar Joshi questions timing of Liberhan Commission reportJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has questioned the timing of the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition. "I don't want to comment as the contents of the report are not known yet, but one thing is for certain the timing of placing the report is intriguing," Joshi said.
Chidambaram refuses to comment on Liberhan Commission reportJune 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram refused to comment on Justice M.S.
No regret on Babri Masjid, ready to be hanged: Uma BharatiJune 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - As the Liberhan Commission probe report on the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was submitted to the government Tuesday, former Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader Uma Bharati said she does not regret the destruction and would be ready to be hanged if found guilty. "I wanted the old structure to be destroyed though not in that way," Uma Bharati, now heading the Bharatiya Janshakti Party after quitting the BJP, told reporters here.
Kalyan Singh says BJP kept him in dark about Babri demolitionMay 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Saturday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for keeping him in "dark" about Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. Claiming that the BJP had hatched a conspiracy against him to throw him out of the party, Singh said, "Senior BJP leaders said no demolition will take place.
Kalyan says he was in 'dark' about Babri mosque demolitionMay 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader Kalyan Singh Saturday sought to distance himself from Babri Masjid demolition in Uttar Pradesh saying that the party kept him in the 'dark' about razing of the mosque in 1992 when he was the chief minister. 'It was a conspiracy against me by the BJP leaders.
CPI-M's Yechury blames BJP for Babri mosque demolitionApril 28th, 2009 PATNA - Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) leader Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya. Yechury also criticized the Congress for failing in its duties to prevent the national shame.
Now, Paswan holds Congress culpable in Babri demolitionApril 20th, 2009 PATNA - Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan Monday defended his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) colleague Lalu Prasad's statement that both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress were responsible for the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid. 'What wrong has he (Lalu Prasad) said,' Paswan asked.
Now, Paswan blames Congress for Babri Masjid demolitionApril 20th, 2009 PATNA - After Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, it was Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan's turn to blame the Congress party for the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Lalu has just said that there was a Congress government at the Centre when the Babri mosque was pulled down.
Congress also to blame for Babri razing: Lalu PrasadApril 18th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has declared that the Congress party too was to blame for the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya. Lalu Prasad made the point first on Friday while addressing an election meeting in Darbhanga and repeated it to journalists here Saturday.
Congress hurt by Lalu's remarks on Babri demolition: SibalApril 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/PATNA - Senior Congress leader and Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday reacted sharply and with dismay to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's remarks that the Congress was equally responsible for the demolition of the Babri mosque. He said his party was hurt by Yadav's remarks.
Congress also responsible for Babri demolition: Lalu PrasadApril 18th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday stunned everyone by saying that the Congress was as responsible as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 as it had failed to protect the mosque. After blaming the BJP and its senior leader L.K.
Azad's brother in BJP justifies Babri Masjid demolitionApril 12th, 2009 JAMMU - Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's younger brother Ghulam Ali Azad, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sunday justified the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, saying no mosque ever existed in Ayodhya. Ali Azad lambasted the Congress for accusing BJP senior leader L.K.
What happened to Congress promise to rebuild Babri, asks BJPMarch 27th, 2009 JAMMU - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Friday asked the Congress party to explain what had happened to its promise to rebuild the Babri mosque in Ayodhya. 'I want to ask both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gnadhi as to why they have not been able to construct the Babri mosque, which they had promised more than one and a half decade ago,' Singh said, addressing a public rally at the Parade Ground here.
Kalyan should apologise for regretting Babri demolition: UmaMarch 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janashakti Party leader Uma Bharti Sunday asked rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh to apologise for expressing regret over the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Uma Bharti, who was suspended from the BJP in 2004 and then expelled in 2005, said she was upset over Kalyan Singh regretting the demolition of the 16th century mosque in Ayodhya in 1992.