Possible Holes in the Report
The Liberhan Report is not likely to answer all our questions about the sequence of events. The role of Narasimha Rao who no doubt had advance knowledge of the impending tragedy and of the real intention of the Sangh Parivar, the attitude of the state government of which he complained, he did not dismiss it & impose the President Rule, before the D-Day, though the papers were ready by 15 November..
Secondly, we may not know where the Kar Sevaks came from as Shiva Sena leader Thackeray claims credit for the Demolition. We may not know the reasons why Vajpayee was not summoned and examined by the Commission when it was known that he came to Lucknow to attend a public meeting on 5 December 1992. There are many such questions and we hope that the Liberhan Report will throw light on them so that we can see the political game going on. One wishes that the Commission had summoned the then Home Secretary and other Union Ministers particularly the junior Ministers who were close to Narasimha Rao. A great mystery lies in why not a finger was raised for 6 hours when the Babri Masjid was under demolition in broad day-light and not a shot was fired by the State Police and the Central Paramilitary Forces and why even after the real intent had become crystal clear by noon the centre did not take over the state or make any attempt to disperse the mob, even by a show-of force from the air through aircrafts and helicopters flying low over it. Why did the Supreme Court fail to see the dark clouds gathered on the horizon? Why did it remain a silent spectator on 6 December? One doubts whether all these dark corners have been looked into by Justice Liberhan. All we can say now that he has been unduly soft towards Advani, who had told the Commission and repeated it on many occasion that 6 December was the saddest day of his life. Surely he did not lack experience or intelligence to foresee the consequences of his nationwide mobilization through innovative means. On way to Ayodhya, he had clearly indicated that the Kar Sevaks were not going to Ayodhaya for Kirtan & Bhajan & that Kar Seva can be performed with shovels & spades.
My conclusion is that the main players, Narasimha Rao, Advani & Kalyan Singh had a common purpose and they achieved it. How can they absolve themselves before the bar of History and before the Nation?
It is felt that both the protectors and the demolishers had a common interest to demolish the Babari Masjid and wipe the slate clean for the Sangh Parivar to write on.