Vajpayee among 68 indicted for Babri demolition
November 24th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that probed the 1992 razing of the Babri mosque found 68 people culpable for leading the country to the brink of communal discord. This includes Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who later became the prime minister.
The names (in the order given by the Commission):
1. Acharya Dharamendra Dev, Dharam Sansad
2. Acharya Giriraj Kishore, VHP
3. A.K. Saran, IG. Security, Uttar Pradesh
4. Akhilesh Mehrotra, Additional Superintendent of Police, Faizabad
5. Ashok Singhal, VHP
6. Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Tourism, Uttar Pradesh
7. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP
8. Badri Prasad Toshniwal, VHP
9. Baikunth Lal Sharma, VHP
10. Balasaheb Thackeray, Shiv Sena
11. B.P. Singhal, VHP
12. Braham Dutt Divedi, BJP, Revenue Minister, Uttar Pradesh
13. Champat Rai, Local Construction Manager
14. Dau Dayal Khanna, BJP
15. D.B. Roy, Senior Superintendent of Police, Faizabad
16. Devraha Baba, Sant Samaj
17. Gurjan Singh, VHP/RSS
18. G.M. Lodha, BJP
19. S. Govindacharya, RSS
20. H.V. Sheshadri, RSS
21. Jai Bhhagwan Goyal, Shiv Sena
22. Jai Bhan Singh Pawaria, Bajrang Dal
23. K.S. Sudarshan, RSS
24. Kalraj Mishra, BJP
25. Kalyan Singh, BJP (Chief Minister)
26. Khushabhau Thakre, RSS
27. Lalji Tandon, BJP, Energy Minister, Uttar Pradesh
28. Lallu Singh Chauhan, BJP
29. L.K. Advani, BJP
30. Mahant Avaidyanath, Hindu Mahasaba
31. Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas
32. Mahant Paramhans Ram Chander Dass, VHP
33. Moreshwar Dinanant Save, Shiv Sena
34. Morpanth Pingale, Shiv Sena
35. Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP
36. Om Pratap Singh
37. Onkar Bhava, VHP
38. Pramod Mahajan, BJP
39. Parveen Togadia, VHP
40. Prabhat Kumar, Principal Secretary, Home, Uttar Pradesh
41. Purshottam Narain Singh, VHP
42. Rajendra Gupta, Minister, Uttar Pradesh
43. Rajender Singh alias Rajju Bhayya RSS
44. Ram Shankar Agnihotri, VHP
45. Ram Vilas Vedanti, Sant Samaj
46. R.K. Gupta, BJP, Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh
47. R.N. Shrivastava, District Magistrate, Faizabad
48. Sadhvi Ritambara, Sant Samaj
49. Shankar Singh Vaghela, BJP
50. Satish Pradhan, Shiv Sena
51. Shri Chander Dikshit, BJP
52. Sita Ram Agarwal
53. S.P. Gaur, Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh
54. Sunder Singh Bhandari, BJP
55. Surya Pratap Sahi, Minister, Uttar Pradesh
56. Swami Chinmayanand, VHP
57. Swami Sachidanand Sakshi alias Sakshiji Maharaj, BJP
58. S.V.M. Tripathi, Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh
59. Swami Satmit Ramji, Sant Samaj
60. Swami Satyanandji, Sant Samaj
61. Swami Vam Devji, Sant Samaj
62. Uma Bharti, VHP
63. U.P. Bajpayee, Deputy Inspector General, Faizabad
64. Vijaya Raje Scindia, BJP
65. V.K. Saxena, Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh
66. Vinay Katiyar, RSS
67. Vishnu Hari Dalmia, VHP
68. Youdh Nath Pandey, Shiv Sena
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