New Delhi: A sting operation by investigative website Cobra Post has claimed that Babri Masjid demolition was not a sudden action of the frenzied karsevaks but a meticulously planned operation carried out by trained cadre of right wing groups that include the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Shiv Sena. The operation also claims that senior leaders like Lal Krishna Advani, Kalyan Singh, Bal Thackeray apparently knew about the plan. According to the sting, the key players of Ayodhya movement like Sakshi Maharaj, Acharya Dharmendra, Uma Bharti, Mahant Vedanti and Vinay Katiyar also knew about the conspiracy. The operation also claimed that former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao was also aware of the planned Babri Masjid demolition.
The website said Cobrapost Associate Editor K Ashish " interviewed 23 of the leaders at the forefront of Ram Janmabhoomi movement who were involved in the demolition of Babri Masjid, either as conspirators or as executors of the conspiracy that was hatched to bring down the disputed structure. Posing as an author researching for his proposed book on Ayodhya movement, Ashish spoke to Champat Rai Bansal, Ramji Gupta, Prakash Sharma, Ramesh Pratap Singh, Vinay Katiyar, Jaibhan Singh Paweya, Dharmendra Singh Gurjar, BL Sharma Prem, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Sadhvi Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh and Lallu Singh from Bjrang Dal-VHP-BJP combine; Jai Bhagwan Goel, Pawan Pandey, Santosh Dubey, Satish Pradhan and Moreshwar Save from Shiv Sena; Swami Sachidanand Sakshi Maharaj, Mahant Ram Vilas Vedanti, Sadhvi Ritambhara, Mahant Avaidyanath, Acharya Dharmendra and Swami Nritya Gopal Das from various Hindu religious orders and seats."
He visited Ayodhya, Faizabad, Tanda, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Mathura and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, Jaipur in Rajasthan, Aurangabad and Mumbai in Maharashtra and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh to interview the leaders. In his investigation, he found that lakhs of volunteers were allegedly trained by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Shiv Sena. Both the groups trained the cadre as a part of an action plan, said the website. "The training regime included imparting skills such as climbing taller structures with help of grappling hooks and ropes and digging earth with implements like pickaxes and spades, apart from regular drills and physical exercises.
Traditional implements such as chisels, heavy-duty hammers, pickaxes, spades, sabbals, and other tools were procured in large numbers and put to use on December 6, to pull the disputed structure down. A Balidani Jatha, or suicide squad, was formed with the trained RSS workers," read the press-release posted at the website.
The website further claims that "a Sankalp, or an oath, was administered to the lakhs of karsevaks in the presence of all the frontline leaders of the movement like LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore and Acharya Dharmendra, apart from the entire galaxy of Hindu sants. The Sankalp conducted from the Ram Katha Manch gave a call for the construction of a grand Ram Temple at the disputed site after removing the structure. The assault on Babri was begun as soon as the Sankalp was conducted by Mahant Ram Vilas Vedanti."
The website also named the then UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. "It is also learned that at one point, Kalyan Singh had made up his mind to resign in the morning of December 6 when he came to know an assault on the disputed structure had begun. But HV Sheshadri and Murli Manohar Joshi persuaded him to delay it until a clean job of the mosque had been made at Ayodhya," claimed the website.
