Table Liberhan report in parliament: Babri Masjid Action Committee
Submitted by admin4 on 30 June 2009 - 4:47pm
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government should table in parliament the report of the Liberhan Commission probing the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition, the Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) demanded Tuesday while the Jama Masjid's chief cleric said taking 17 years to submit the findings amounted to "befooling Muslims".
The commission, mandated to investigate the demolition of the mosque that led to widespread communal violence, submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday, 17 years after it was set up.
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being presented the Liberhan Commission Report by Justice M.S. Liberhan, in New Delhi on June 30, 2009. The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram is also seen.
"I appeal to the government to table the report in the parliament and take concrete action within three months," said Zafaryab Jilani, convener of the Babri Masjid Action Committee.
He blamed both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the delay in the report.
"Both the BJP and the Congress came to power after the commission was formed but then also it took 17 years to submit the report. I have come to know that the commission had completed its work in 2006, but the Congress delayed it because of the adverse consequences that the party might face in Lok Sabha elections if the report had held P.V. Narasimha Rao also responsible for the demolition of the Masjid," Jilani told IANS.
Rao was the prime minister of the Congress-led government when the Babri Masjid was demolished.
Head cleric of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmad Bukhari, said the long time taken by the commission, which got 48 extensions, was a perfect case of justice delayed amounting to justice denied.
"The Liberhan Commission was formed on Dec 16, 1992 but it took 17 years to submit the report; this is befooling Muslims and a perfect example that justice delayed means justice denied," Bukhari told IANS.
He said only after seeing the contents of the report would it be known "whether the commission has held the real culprits responsible for the demolition or not".
The panel was to submit its report by March 16, 1993. But it sought repeated extensions to complete its investigation. The last three-month extension was given in March this year.
The commission has recorded the statements of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh and now Bharatiya Jan Shakti party chief Uma Bharati.
[Photo from: PIB]
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Table the Liberhan Report
Table the Liberhan Report in Parliament and let there be a debate. Table the Ranganath Mishra Commission Report in Parliament and let there be a debate. Show it live on TV continuously (like the Shah Commission Report 1978 broadcasts). Dont do it with an intent to black-face BJP. DO it with an intent to expose the real facts and the truths of the conspiracy of 1992 Babri Masjid demolition. India needs to know the full truth. Dont shy away from facts.
Face the ugly threat RSS poses to India and the idea of India., and face it upfront.
Do you have the guts., MMS.. and the Congress (I). You cant have soft hindutva., and the secular constitution of india. you have to make a choice. any combination will lead to disaster and routing out. Stand up for what you believe in., irrespective of electoral calculations. That way you enrich India - the idea of India.
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