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Uma Bharti appears before Ayodhya commission

Sports Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday appeared before the Justice M S Liberhans commission inquiring into the demolition of the Babri masjid.

Uma Bharti, who was slated to appear before the commission on December 11, had pleaded her inability to do so due to urgent work in Parliament, and was been asked to do so on December 19.

The minister will give her versions of the events of December 6, 1992, when the mosque was pulled down by mobs mobilised by the Bharatiya Janata Party and its affiliate organisations.

Uma Bharti, Home Minister L K Advani and HRD Minister M M Joshi have been chargesheeted by the CBI for their role in the demolition.

On Wednesday, the RSS chief K S Sudarshan has been called by the commission to record his statement.

Others who have been summoned are Joshi on January 15 and 16, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao on January 26 and 27, former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu on January 29 and Home Minister L K Advani on January 22 and 23.

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