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clarifies the present BJP president, Nitin Gadkari :
On the issue of the Babri Masjid demolition he said, though the incident was “unfortunate”, what was demolished was a disputed structure and not a mosque.
“A mosque is one when prayers are offered regularly… Moreover, a Ram idol was kept there,” he pointed out.
I don’t really see why he has to give reasons because honestly, it is laughable when someone tries to justify the demolishing. He might as well be honest and say Yes, we totally pwned it, you n00b !
On the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the leaked Liberhan report and when the RSS is looking to increase its stronghold over the B.J.P. once again, I recommend this piece of Vir Sanghvi. This bit, I liked best :
I don’t wish to make too much of Advani’s pious hand-rubbing or his crocodile tears. But the furore about the demolition should serve to remind us that no matter how reasonable BJP leaders may seem on television, at the heart of the parivar, there lurks a nasty fascist core.
A fascist core — that is what is common to so many parties today. Even considering Vir Sanghvi’s Congress leanings, I can’t find much to complain about in what he puts forth.
In a discussion, a friend once claimed that the RSS/BJP kar-sevaks didn’t really demolish the masjid and it was the Central government that completed the task after nightfall. All I say is, I still hold the RSS/BJP responsible for the demolition and every death that occurred consequently.
Advani has done plenty for the country, but speaking for myself, I won’t be disappointed if history remembers L.K. Advani as just the architect of the Babri Masjid demolition.
Link via @amitvarma.
As I had speculated a couple of days ago that if Kalyan Singh could distance himself from the Babri Masjid demolition, so could anyone else. Uma Bharti quickly follows suit :
After former BJP leader Kalyan Singh’s claim that he was kept in the dark about the Babri masjid demolition, another temple movement leader Uma Bharti on Monday said that “everyone” was in the dark about the demolition.
“We still don’t know who did it,” she told PTI at Atrauli near here.
Ok fine I’ll give it to ya. Everyone was in the dark.
P.S. : Wasn’t it done at night ?
I deeply admire the way Kalyan Singh has distanced himself from the Babri Masjid demolition ever since resigning from the BJP. The latest statement is :
“I was told that nothing will happen (demolition of mosque)… there was a conspiracy by BJP behind it. Two big leaders who were kar sevavadis, had given to Supreme Court in writing that only a symbolic kar seva would be held there (in Ayodhya),”
“Kya Muslim nahin chaahte hain ki BJP ka naash ho? Tumse zyada to Kalyan chaahta hai ki BJP ka naash ho. Maine BJP ki kabr khod di hai, aap us per mitti daal dena is baar.” (Don’t Muslims want the BJP destroyed? More than you, Kalyan who wants the BJP’s destruction. I’ve dug the BJP’s grave, this time ensure you seal it with earth.)
Maybe in a few years, the BJP can rename itself BJP_new and blame the BJP for the demolition.
