By IANS,
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Despite holding him guilty for the Babri mosque demolition, Justice M.S. Liberhan has praised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for cooperating with the commission.
“Persons like Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and (Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s) K.S. Sudarshan appeared voluntarily and gave their statements despite their busy schedule and also cooperated in replying to the relevant and sometimes irrlevant and even the philosophical questions asked by the lawers,” Liberhan said in his report on the Babri mosque razing made public Tuesday.
He also expressed gratitude to former prime ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and V.P. Singh, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) Jyoti Basu and former home minister S.B. Chavan “who deposed before the commission voluntarily although they had stay orders from high courts in their favour”.
Liberhan included Advani, Joshi and Sudarshan among the 68 people listed in the inquiry report for creating conditions that led to the break-up of the 16th century Babri mosque in Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992.