Parliament rocked over alleged leakage of Liberhan report
Press Trust of India / New Delhi Nov 23, 2009, 15:45 IST
The alleged leakage of the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of Babri Masjid rocked Parliament today with enraged BJP members demanding its immediate tabling despite Government's assurance that it would do so in this session itself.
It was trouble from the word go in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the wake of a newspaper report about the findings of the Commission that top BJP leaders including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have reportedly been indicted by it.
Both the houses saw opposition members, including BJP, SP and Left attacking the Government over the leakage which they alleged amounted to breach of privilege of the House.
"The official sources of the Government have deliberately leaked it to divide the opposition unity witnessed over the issue of sugarcane pricing," Deputy Leader of BJP Sushma Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha.
The Commission headed by Justice M S Liberhan was set up 10 days after the demolition of the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani expressed shock over the reported indictment of Vajpayee in the report as published in a newspaper.
Home Minister P Chidambaram's assurance in both Houses that the report along with an Action Taken Report would be tabled in this session itself failed to pacify the agitated members.
Both the Houses were adjourned for the day without transacting any business after two adjournments.
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