BJP leader Uma Bharti is currently admitted to AIIMS in Rishikesh after testing positive for Covid-19. (File photo / PTI)
In a letter written to BJP President JP Nadda on September 26, Uma Bharti said she was “proud” of her involvement in the “Ayodhya movement” and added that applying for bail would “tarnish the dignity” of her role.
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Facing the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case on Wednesday, BJP leader Uma Bharti said in a letter to party chair JP Nadda that she would rather be “hanged” rather than seek bail.
A report in The impression He said Bharti wrote the letter to Nadda on September 26, the day she was removed from the party’s list of national officials in a dramatic shakeup.
Expressing pride in his participation in the “Ayodhya movement,” Bharti said seeking bail would “tarnish the dignity” of his role. “I don’t know what Ayodhya’s trial will be on September 30, but I will not seek bail… I am proud of my participation in the Ayodhya movement. I have always said that even if I have to be hanged for being part of the Ayodhya movement, that is acceptable to me … Taking bail will tarnish the dignity of my participation in the movement. “
Bharti is currently admitted to the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh after testing positive for Covid-19. Its state is said to be stable. While Bharti will not be present in court for the hearing, it is not yet clear whether he will appear via video conference.
Apart from Bharti, BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are among those charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case in 1992. Other defendants include former Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Kalyan Singh, Vinay Katiyar and Sadhvi Rithambara.
The trial on the serious criminal conspiracy charges began against them after it was dropped by the trial court in 2001. The verdict was upheld by the Allahabad High Court in 2010, but the high court ordered the restoration of the conspiracy charge. against them on April 19, 2017. The high court ordered a daily hearing in the high-profile case and ordered the special judge to wrap it up in two years.
The conspiracy charge is in addition to the charges against him for promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion for which they are already facing trial. The other charges against him include engaging in “willful and malicious” acts intended to outrage religious sentiments, making statements that lead to public harm, riots and illegal gatherings.
The IWC argued that the defendants conspired and instigated ‘kar sevaks’ to demolish the 16th century mosque. But the defendants have pleaded not guilty and maintained that there is no evidence to prove their guilt and claimed that they were implicated by the then congressional government in the Center as a political revenge.
The Babri Masjid was demolished in December 1992 by “kar sevaks” who claimed that the mosque in Ayodhya was built on the site of an ancient Ram temple.
In a landmark ruling last year, the Supreme Court assigned the disputed site in Ayodhya for the construction of a Ram temple, while calling the demolition of the mosque a violation of the rule of law. An alternate five-acre site was marked in the city to build a mosque.
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