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01 May, 2006

BJP opposes Centre's volte face on Ayodhya demolition

Zee News- India
NEW DELHI, MAY 1: ..."The Government of India had three years ago contended in their submissions before this very authority that the demolition was a sudden act without any premeditation. Now, they have done a somersault by saying that the incident was the result of a well-planned conspiracy by the Sangh Pariwar," BJP counsel Satya Pal Jain submitted before the Commission.
On behalf of BJP, senior leaders L K Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi objected to the Centre's submissions and even opposed the same being taken on record as there was an inordinate delay in filing.
Another senior BJP leader Kalyan Singh, during whose tenure as Chief Minister of UP the demolition occurred, filed separate objections to the UPA government's submissions.
The commission will on May 10 consider the centre's plea for condonation of delay in filing the submission and the objections raised by the BJP leaders.
Terming the 396-page written submissions filed by the centre last month as "politically motivated", BJP contended that the government of India "cannot be allowed to make fresh submissions and change its stand at the fag end of the enquiry".
It highlighted the fact that the centre had already completed its submissions in July 2004 and absolved any political party of having a hand in the demolition. ...