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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/people-rejected-your-idea-of-india-for-ours-pc-tells-bjp/551851/0
Rising above the clamour in the Lok Sabha this evening, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram launched a blistering attack on the BJP and the Sangh Parivars pre-planned, conspiratorial and cold-blooded destruction of the Babri Masjid.
Breaking off from his written reply to the Liberhan Commission debate, Chidambaram emphatically invoked the idea of India to question the appeal of the Sanghs temple politics. It had been rejected by the people of India, he said, adding that this rejection was an indictment far stronger than Justice Liberhans.
To loud applause from the Treasury benches, he said there were two ideas of India one the Congress and other secular parties stood for, the other which the Sangh Parivar and its allies stood for.
The two ideas of India clashed in 2004, said Chidambaram. Forget the Justice Liberhan Commission report... The people of India voted for our idea. They rejected your idea in 2004 and again in 2009. Only our idea of India will prevail the idea of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose. India will be inclusive and a pluralist nation.
Chidambaram admitted that the then P V Narasimha Rao government had erred but added that this was induced by the lies of the BJP. Looking back, I may say that the government of the day made a wrong political judgment. Mr Narasimha Rao paid the price for this. The Congress Party paid the price for this wrong political judgment. But it was induced by the lies and false promises of the BJP, he said.
Earlier, the din over a biting speech by Beni Prasad Verma, a recent entrant into the Congress, and his use of a Bhojpuri pejorative to describe Atal Bihari Vajpayee, threatened to take over the evening.
The sudden decision by the Speaker not to allow anyone else to speak but only place their speeches on the record ensured that the BJP MP,s who entered the well shouting Jai Jai Atal among other slogans, were joined in the ruckus by MPs Raghuvansh Prasad (RJD), Shamsul Rahman Burq (SP) and Asaduddin Owaisi (Ittehadul Muslimeen) protesting at not being allowed to speak.
In his one-and-a-half-hour reply, Chidambaram hit out at the Sangh Parivar, the BJP and its state government. Kalyan Singh lied to the Government of India. He lied to the Supreme Court. He lied to the National Integration Council. That is the genesis of the destruction, he said. The promises held out by the BJP were completely false with the sole intention of misleading the Centre... The promises were to secure inaction of the Central government, to induce the Centre in a state of optimistic slumber.
From the BJPs protestations, said Chidambaram, there were two conclusions possible one, that the BJP participated and endorsed what happened on December 6, 1992; the other that they were mute spectators and unable to influence.
He went on to urge L K Advani, M M Joshi and Vinay Katiyar, who had a breakfast meeting on the morning of December 6 with Vinay Katiyar, Ramachandra Paramhans and others, to share what they discussed, take the nation into confidence.
Chidambaram had harsh words for the BJPs wishy-washy approach to what their role was at the time. He added that he thought little of the ideas of Ramachandra Paramhans, a leading light of the VHP involved in the temple movement, but praised him for the courage of his convictions, he admitted to the provocative slogans... but how do you deny it? Here is your man who said it.
Quoting extensively from the commission report where it sequences the events of December 6 leading to the demolition citing the pickaxes and ropes used to pull down the Masjid, the removal of idols and the cashbox Chidambaram said it was a pre-planned, conspiratorial and cold-blooded destruction of property they promised to keep safe.
Asking the BJP leadership for an answer and a debate, Chidambaram slammed the Sangh Parivar for its planning, its mobilisation of men and material, including the PA system in Ayodhya which, he said, at no time asked those inside the structure to exercise restraint.
In conclusion, citing the horrendous consequence of December 6, 1992, the resulting riots in December, January and February, which led to the death of more than 3000 people in just three months, the Home Minister regretted that in place of a civilised discourse, there was din and no remorse or shame for the Hindus and Muslims who were killed.
Earlier, Opposition members trooped to the well to demand an apology from Verma for using the unparliamentary word about Vajpayee. Chidambaram apologised on his behalf and Verma himself expressed regret but the Opposition demanded an apology.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/people-rejected-your-idea-of-india-for-ours-pc-tells-bjp/551851/0
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/people-rejected-your-idea-of-india-for-ours-pc-tells-bjp/551851/0
Rising above the clamour in the Lok Sabha this evening, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram launched a blistering attack on the BJP and the Sangh Parivars pre-planned, conspiratorial and cold-blooded destruction of the Babri Masjid.
Breaking off from his written reply to the Liberhan Commission debate, Chidambaram emphatically invoked the idea of India to question the appeal of the Sanghs temple politics. It had been rejected by the people of India, he said, adding that this rejection was an indictment far stronger than Justice Liberhans.
To loud applause from the Treasury benches, he said there were two ideas of India one the Congress and other secular parties stood for, the other which the Sangh Parivar and its allies stood for.
The two ideas of India clashed in 2004, said Chidambaram. Forget the Justice Liberhan Commission report... The people of India voted for our idea. They rejected your idea in 2004 and again in 2009. Only our idea of India will prevail the idea of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose. India will be inclusive and a pluralist nation.
Chidambaram admitted that the then P V Narasimha Rao government had erred but added that this was induced by the lies of the BJP. Looking back, I may say that the government of the day made a wrong political judgment. Mr Narasimha Rao paid the price for this. The Congress Party paid the price for this wrong political judgment. But it was induced by the lies and false promises of the BJP, he said.
Earlier, the din over a biting speech by Beni Prasad Verma, a recent entrant into the Congress, and his use of a Bhojpuri pejorative to describe Atal Bihari Vajpayee, threatened to take over the evening.
The sudden decision by the Speaker not to allow anyone else to speak but only place their speeches on the record ensured that the BJP MP,s who entered the well shouting Jai Jai Atal among other slogans, were joined in the ruckus by MPs Raghuvansh Prasad (RJD), Shamsul Rahman Burq (SP) and Asaduddin Owaisi (Ittehadul Muslimeen) protesting at not being allowed to speak.
In his one-and-a-half-hour reply, Chidambaram hit out at the Sangh Parivar, the BJP and its state government. Kalyan Singh lied to the Government of India. He lied to the Supreme Court. He lied to the National Integration Council. That is the genesis of the destruction, he said. The promises held out by the BJP were completely false with the sole intention of misleading the Centre... The promises were to secure inaction of the Central government, to induce the Centre in a state of optimistic slumber.
From the BJPs protestations, said Chidambaram, there were two conclusions possible one, that the BJP participated and endorsed what happened on December 6, 1992; the other that they were mute spectators and unable to influence.
He went on to urge L K Advani, M M Joshi and Vinay Katiyar, who had a breakfast meeting on the morning of December 6 with Vinay Katiyar, Ramachandra Paramhans and others, to share what they discussed, take the nation into confidence.
Chidambaram had harsh words for the BJPs wishy-washy approach to what their role was at the time. He added that he thought little of the ideas of Ramachandra Paramhans, a leading light of the VHP involved in the temple movement, but praised him for the courage of his convictions, he admitted to the provocative slogans... but how do you deny it? Here is your man who said it.
Quoting extensively from the commission report where it sequences the events of December 6 leading to the demolition citing the pickaxes and ropes used to pull down the Masjid, the removal of idols and the cashbox Chidambaram said it was a pre-planned, conspiratorial and cold-blooded destruction of property they promised to keep safe.
Asking the BJP leadership for an answer and a debate, Chidambaram slammed the Sangh Parivar for its planning, its mobilisation of men and material, including the PA system in Ayodhya which, he said, at no time asked those inside the structure to exercise restraint.
In conclusion, citing the horrendous consequence of December 6, 1992, the resulting riots in December, January and February, which led to the death of more than 3000 people in just three months, the Home Minister regretted that in place of a civilised discourse, there was din and no remorse or shame for the Hindus and Muslims who were killed.
Earlier, Opposition members trooped to the well to demand an apology from Verma for using the unparliamentary word about Vajpayee. Chidambaram apologised on his behalf and Verma himself expressed regret but the Opposition demanded an apology.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/people-rejected-your-idea-of-india-for-ours-pc-tells-bjp/551851/0
