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Kalyan questions Liberhan Commission`s bona fides
New Delhi, Oct 16: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh today questioned the bona fides of the Liberhan Commission and accused it of trying to circumvent court proceedings to force him to depose before it as a witness.
New Delhi, Oct 16: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Kalyan Singh today questioned the bona fides of the
Liberhan Commission and accused it of trying to circumvent
court proceedings to force him to depose before it as a
witness.
In a rejoinder to the commission's reply to his plea for
revival of an earlier petition against summoning by the
one-man panel probing the Ayodhya demolition, Singh said it
had no locus standi to oppose his petition. They said petition
had become infractions on April one after conclusion of the
recording of evidence by the commission.
"The commission's conduct in opposing the restoration of
the writ petition is clearly malafide....," he said in the
rejoinder filed through counsel Ajay K Agrawal.
The court is scheduled to hear Singh's plea tomorrow.
The former chief minister, during whose tenure the disputed structure was demolised, wondered why the commission should consider him as an adversary as "it is supossed to be a bona fide fact finding body".
The court is scheduled to hear Singh's plea tomorrow.
The former chief minister, during whose tenure the disputed structure was demolised, wondered why the commission should consider him as an adversary as "it is supossed to be a bona fide fact finding body".
Earlier, Commission's counsel Anupam Gupta had accused
the Centre of colluding with Kalyan Singh to delay the
proceedings of the commission probing the demolition of
disputed structure at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
Singh had appeared before the commission as a "witness"
on September 23 and sought adjournment of the hearing which
was granted in view of a Delhi High Court order.
The former Chief Minister appeared before the commission
as a bailable warrant was issued against him on September two
asking him to make appearance on September 23.
Bureau Report