‘Modi’s politics to remove Advani’s name from President’s race’

Twenty-five years after the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, senior BJP leaders and protagonists of the Ram Temple movement —LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharti — will stand trial for the alleged criminal conspiracy to pull down the 16th century structure.

The Supreme Court  revived the criminal conspiracy charge against the senior BJP leaders and shifted the trial from a Rae Bareli Magistrate’s court to a Special CBI court in Lucknow.

“Let justice be done though the heavens fall,” said a Bench of Justices PC Ghose and Rohinton Nariman — which had earlier termed the delay as “evasion of justice”.

Using its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Bench directed the Lucknow Special Court to complete the trial and deliver the judgment in two years.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad has alleged that the Supreme Court order allowing trial of top BJP leaders in the Babri Masjid case was a “well-thought-out politics” of the Prime Minister to remove L K Advani’s name from the Presidential race.
“The CBI is under the influence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It stood in the Supreme Court and sought permission to run trial against Advani and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case,” Prasad alleged.
“Since Advani’s name was in circulation as a probable for the post of President, Modi through well-thought-out politics struck out Advani’s name,” he alleged. “It is well known that the CBI does what the government desires,” the RJD chief claimed.
Prasad was reacting to the apex court order  allowing the CBI plea and restoring criminal conspiracy charges against Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti.”The BJP makes no difference between itself and others while playing dangerous politics against anyone considered opposed to Modi,” he claimed.