New Delhi, June 08: Nationalist Congress Party today demanded the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi following the statement of five kar sevaks that the duo along with former Union minister Uma Bharti had "instigated them to demolish the Babri Masjid." Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee should call for the resignation of his two cabinet colleagues to uphold the principles of parliamentary democracy, NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar said in a release here.
In view of the statement of the kar sevaks, inclusion of the duo in the union cabinet was a "mockery" of the rule of law and also amounted to an "insult" to India's Constitution, he added.
The five kar sevaks had yesterday alleged they had pulled down the disputed structure at Ayodhya at the instigation of Advani and other senior BJP leaders. Bureau Report