New Delhi, Nov 16: In a surprise move, the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has filed an affidavit in the supreme court defending the filing of the supplementary chargesheet by CBI in the Ayodhya case dropping the conspiracy charge against top BJP leaders. The affidavit was filed by the state government, less than two months after Yadav took over as chief minister, responding to the notice issued by the apex court in a petition filed by one Wajahat Ansari seeking quashing of the supplementary chargesheet filed by CBI and holding of trial at Lucknow instead of Rae Bareilly.
In addition to this, the affidavit also said that it was wrong to assume that Babri Masjid was demolished on December 06, 1992 pursuant to a conspiracy by any specific community or political party.
"The contentions of the writ petition are admitted only to the extent that the Babri Masjid was destroyed on December 06, 1992. The contention of the petitioner that the aforesaid act was done under criminal conspiracy by any specific community or political party is wrong and denied," it said.
It also said that there was no legal ground for the maintainability of the petition filed by Ansari and requested the court to dismiss the same.
Bureau Report