The Contents of The Report
| Ayodhya dispute |
|---|
| Demolition of Babri Masjid |
| Babri Masjid |
| Ram Janmabhoomi |
| Archaeology |
| 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack |
| Liberhan Commission |
| People and organizations |
| Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
| L. K. Advani |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Murli Manohar Joshi |
| Kalyan Singh |
| AIBMAC |
| Babur |
| Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha |
| Sunni Wakf Board |
| Koenraad Elst |
| Nirmohi Akhara |
On 23 November 2009, the media began reporting on the contents of the report, which had been leaked before being made available to the legislature. It indicted top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as being actively involved in the meticulous planning of the demolition of the mosque. It was a day of angry exchanges in parliament, and cries of "Shame, shame!" in the Lok Sabha as the opposition accused the Home Ministry of deliberately leaking the report. The Parliament session had to be adjourned for the day. Parliament delayed discussion of the report and the accompanying Action Taken Report (ATR), which contained mostly recommendations, until 22 December 2009.
The report was finally discussed and debated in the Parliament after a delay caused by demands from some members of the Parliament for the Hindi translated version of the report. The Lok Sabha debated the report on 8 November 2009 and the Rajya Sabha followed on the 10 and 11 November.
The report holds 68 people culpable, including L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and more critically, Kalyan Singh, the then-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The report accused the RSS of being the chief architect of the demolition and names it as the core of the Sangh Parivar.
The Commission has identified the Kalyan Singh-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh as the key to the execution of the conspiracy to demolish Babri Masjid. Justice M S Liberhan termed Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi as pseudo-moderates, pretending to keep a distance from the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign when they were actually aware of the whole conspiracy. The report said, "They have violated the trust of the people.... There can be no greater betrayal or crime in a democracy and this Commission has no hesitation in condemning these pseudo-moderates for their sins of omission".
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