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`I was used as a pawn` by BJP, claims Kalyan Singh
London, July 14: Claiming that he was used as a `pawn` and `deceived` by the BJP and Sangh Parivar, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh has accused Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Premier L K Advani and other leaders, including RSS bigwigs Rajju Bhayya, K S Sudharshan and VHP`s Ashok Singhal of hatching a conspiracy to demolish the Babri mosque.
London, July 14: Claiming that he was used as a "pawn" and "deceived" by the BJP and Sangh Parivar, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh has accused Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, Deputy Premier L K Advani and other leaders, including RSS bigwigs Rajju Bhayya, K S Sudharshan and VHP's Ashok Singhal of hatching a conspiracy to demolish the Babri mosque.
"I am telling you the names of the conspirators. The RSS chief at that time Rajinder Singh (Rajju Bhayya), present Sarsangchalak K S Sudharshan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
Lal Krishan Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, and Ashok Singhl and Giriraj Kishore of the VHP. It was the collective conspiracy of all these (people)," Singh said yesterday.
Claiming that he had no hand directly or indirectly in the pulling down of that structure, Singh who was then Chief Minister said: "So far as the conspiracy is concerned, I was kept totally in the dark - I was deceived, it was a breach of trust by the entire Sangh Parivar, whether it be the VHP, Bajrang Dal or the BJP. "They hatched a conspiracy so secretly to the extent, that I was not told anything," he said.
Singh said he was used as a "pawn" by the BJP who wanted to exploit the issue for electoral gains. "They thought they could project me as a hero so that later they could make me zero politically. But they were mistaken. They are heading for a political zero in Uttar Pradesh. Last time they had won 176 assembly seats, this time they have 76 and in the next assembly elections, they are not going to have more than 16-17 seats."
Bureau Report
Claiming that he had no hand directly or indirectly in the pulling down of that structure, Singh who was then Chief Minister said: "So far as the conspiracy is concerned, I was kept totally in the dark - I was deceived, it was a breach of trust by the entire Sangh Parivar, whether it be the VHP, Bajrang Dal or the BJP. "They hatched a conspiracy so secretly to the extent, that I was not told anything," he said.
Singh said he was used as a "pawn" by the BJP who wanted to exploit the issue for electoral gains. "They thought they could project me as a hero so that later they could make me zero politically. But they were mistaken. They are heading for a political zero in Uttar Pradesh. Last time they had won 176 assembly seats, this time they have 76 and in the next assembly elections, they are not going to have more than 16-17 seats."
Bureau Report