Manmohan rejects Lalu’s charge

By at 20 April, 2009, 12:46 am

Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the Congress could not be blamed for the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the only fault that could be found with it was that it believed the assurance given in an affidavit to the Supreme Court by the then BJP Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh, that the structure would be protected. The BJP was to be solely blamed for the demolition.

Refuting Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad’s charge that the Congress was equally responsible for the demolition, Dr. Singh told journalists on the sidelines of an election rally here: “It is an old story. It is known to everyone that Mr. Kalyan Singh gave a solemn assurance to the Supreme Court and after that he did what he did. The Congress certainly cannot be blamed because it believed that Mr. Kalyan Singh would honour the affidavit given to the Supreme Court. But he didn’t honour it and that is the only fault you can find with the Congress with regard to the demolition of the mosque.”

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