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BJP-Congress clash over Liberhan Commission allegedly indicting BJP leaders for Babri demolition

BJP and Congress today clashed over the findings of the Liberhan Commission, which is alleged to have indicted senior BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, among others, for the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. According to a newspaper report, Justice M S Liberhan, who submitted his findings to the government on June 30, this year after an inquiry lasting nearly 17 years, has called the BJP leaders pseudo-moderates and stated that the entire build-up to the demolition was meticulously planned.However, Justice Liberhan, has declined to comment on the newspaper report. He said the report is with the Parliament and he had not said anything to anybody. Accusing the government of selectively leaking the report to one newspaper, BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy said this has been done to divert attention from core issues like price rise and corruption. He said, there is no authenticity of the report and why the government is shying away from tabling the Liberhan report in Parliament. Mr. Rudy alleged that the move is aimed at creating turmoil in Parliament and across the nation. Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi said, this is a leakage and such leakages are, with a political motive. He said the best thing is that the government should place the entire report in Parliament with action taken report.Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said that for nearly two decades, the nation as a whole generally knew what had happened and how senior functionaries of a political party watched people causing destruction and mayhem and then shed crocodile tears.

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