By IANS,
New Delhi : He would be “very foolish” to leak the Liberhan Commission probe into the Babri Masjid demolition and “embarrass” himself, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in the Rajya Sabha Monday as an angry opposition demanded an explanation as to how the report had found its way to the media before being tabled in parliament.
“I have said what I can say. I must be a very foolish man to leak it and embarrass myself,” Chidambaram said in a measured tone after reading out a statement he had earlier made in the Lok Sabha on an Indian Express report Monday on the findings of the commission, which had submitted its report June 30.
“You may please decide what you should do,” Chidambaram said, while addressing Rajya Sabha deputy chairman K. Rahman Khan.
“There is only one copy of the report. It is in my custody. No one has spoken to any journalist,” the home minister contended, refuting suggestions that the report had been leaked by his ministry.
A report in the Indian Express Monday said the commission has indicted former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as well as senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi for their role in the Babri Masjid demolition.