BJP hails dropping of proceedings in Ayodhya case

May 6, 2001

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>vaidika1008 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com >[bJP News]: BJP hails dropping of

proceedings in Ayodhya case >Sat, 5 May 2001 13:02:08 -0400 > >Title: BJP

hails dropping of proceedings in Ayodhya > case >Author: PTI >Publication: The

Hindu >May 5, 2001 > > New Delhi, May 5. (PTI): BJP today welcomed the

dropping > of proceedings by the special CBI court trying Ayodhya > demolition

cases against 21 accused, including three Union > Ministers, and said there was

no need for the Uttar Pradesh > Government to issue a fresh notification. > >

"We welcome the verdict of the special court as it was issued > when Congress

was at the Centre and there was President's > rule in Uttar Pradesh. We had all

along been saying that the > case was politically motivated and it was a

vendetta," party > spokesman V K Malhotra told reporters here. > > The special

court said the proceedings against the 21 accused, > including the three

Ministers, were being dropped till the > "legal defect" in the Government

notification establishing the > court was rectified. > > The three Union

Ministers accused are L K Advani, Murli > Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti. > >

Other accused against whom proceedings were dropped > include Shiv Sena chief

Bal Thackeray, former Uttar Pradesh > Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and VHP

leaders Ashok Singhal > and Giriraj Kishore. > > Malhotra said it was on this

issue that Congress sought the > resignation of the three Ministers whereas it

was now > "unashamedly saying the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister should > be

Jayalalitha who has been barred from contesting the > elections having been

convicted." > > To a question whether suggestion by the party to the State >

Government not to issue fresh notification in the case > amounted to

influencing the State Government, he said "we > are only suggesting."

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