Babri demolition: SC might revive conspiracy charges against 13 BJP, VHP leaders

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi , Mar 06, 2017: The Supreme Court on Monday indicated it might revive conspiracy charges against 13 BJP and other Hindu right-wing leaders in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.

The indication came from a bench of justices PC Ghosh and RS Nariman hearing a petition by the CBI challenging the Allahabad high court dropping conspiracy charges against these leaders including senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh. They also include several VHP leaders.

Singh, now the governor of Rajasthan, was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Mughal-era mosque was demolished at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 by kar sevaks of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).

The Hindu right-wing says Lord Ram was born at the spot where the mosque stood.

The SC bench also suggested to the CBI to club two cases pending in Rae Bareli and Lucknow and added that the matter will be heard in Lucknow.

The demolition of the mosque, one the biggest incidents in India after Independence, had triggered communal riots across the country that had killed of hundreds people.

The RSS-led organisations have been pushing for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site. The ruling BJP at the Centre has also been including the Ram temple in its poll manifestos over the years.

The Supreme Court’s observations came ahead of the last phase of assembly polls in the state.