New Delhi: Former Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Mahant Ram Vilas Vedanti today gave a controversial statement by claiming that it was at his order to Karsewaks to demolish disputed Babri Masjid structure in Ayodhya.
According to Vedanti statement, he said that Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi did not have any involvement in the destruction of the disputed structure.
He further said that Ashok Singhal and Mahant Avaidyantah were also party with hi in giving orders for the demolition. Instead of being a part of the group which gave orders for the demolition of the shrine, Advani and Joshi tried to stop the karsevaks from demolishing the structure, Vedanti said.
I gave orders for demolition of disputed Babri structure in Ayodhya: Ram Vilas Vedanti
The Supreme Court on April 19th had ruled that LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Ram Vilas Vedanti among other BJP leaders, will have to stand trial over charges of criminally conspiring to demolish the disputed structure in Ayodhya.
Besides BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Bharti, conspiracy charges were dropped against Kalyan Singh (currently the Governor of Rajasthan), Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and VHP leader Acharya Giriraj Kishore (both have since died).
The others against whom the conspiracy charge was dropped include Vinay Katiyar, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, Satish Pradhan, C R Bansal, Ashok Singhal (now deceased), Sadhvi Ritambhara, Mahant Avaidhynath (now deceased), R V Vedanti, Paramhans Ram Chandra Das (now deceased), Jagdish Muni Maharaj, B L Sharma, Nritya Gopal Das, Dharam Das, Satish Nagar and Moreshwar Save (now deceased).
