'Narasimha Rao connived at demolition of Babri Masjid'

Yet another book has levelled an allegation that PV Narasimha Rao had connived at the demolition of Babri Masjid claiming that the late prime minister had sat in a puja when the kar sevaks began pulling it down and rose only when it was over.

Yet another book has levelled an allegation that PV Narasimha Rao had connived at the demolition of Babri Masjid claiming that the late Prime Minister had sat in a puja when the kar sevaks began pulling it down and rose only when it was over.

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The charge relating to the demolition on Dec 6,1992 has been made by eminent journalist Kuldip Nayar in his soon-to-be released autobiography Beyond the Lines being brought out by Roli Books.

"My information was that Rao had connived at the demolition. He sat at puja when the kar sevaks began pulling down the mosque and rose only when the last stone had been removed"

"Madhu Limaye (late socialist leader) later told me that during the puja, Rao's aide whispered in his ears that the masjid had been demolished. Within seconds, the puja was over," he said in a chapter on Narasimha Rao's Government in the book.

PV Ranga Rao, son of the late Prime Minister, however strongly dismissed the claim as "unbelievable and untenable".

Regretting that an eminent journalist like Nayar could write such tings, Ranga Rao said "vested interests" were trying to spew venom at his father, who is no more to defend himself.

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