NEW DELHI: In a startling dis closure, senior RSS leader Rajendra Singh has said that during the negotiations prior to the December 6 demolition of the mosque, Prime Minister P.Y.Narasimha Rao had assured the Sangh leaders that kar seva would be allowed on the2.77 acres of land acquired by the Uttar Pradesh government
In an interview here on Nov. 1, the RSS joint general secretary said that until December 3 when he had met the Prime Minister for the last time, the RSS leadership had an impression that the Allahabad high court judgment would be expedited to enable the Jargenumber of people assembled at Ayodhya to perform kar seva. The thaw in the seemingly interact The veteran RSS leader recalled that initially Rao had been negotiating with his old acquaintance Bhaora Deoras younger brother of RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras. When the younger Deoras” health deteriorated Rao asked him who he should hold talks with, It was at the suggestion of Deoras that the Prime Minister resumed the dialogue with Singh in July last year. In November two editors Nikhil Chakravarti and R.K.Mishra met him, “We had no doubt that solation to the impasse would be found,” the RSS leader said.
However, when he met Rao for the last time on December3 he felt that “some changes had taken place in his plans.” During the meeting he reminded the Prime Minister that “we have an understanding” and urged him to expedite the court order. But Rao backed out on his word and expressed his inability to do anything, Singh said.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 5, 1993
