Sonia’s Babri claim exposes Cong’s anti-Ram face: BJP

NEW DELHI: BJP Saturday hit out at Sonia Gandhi over her statement that she had cried witnessing the demolition of Babri mosque, which stood at the site that is now home to Ram temple in Ayodhya, and said it has again exposed the "anti-Ram" face of Congress. "From Mahatma Gandhi's conception of Ram Rajya, Congress has now limited its memory to Babar," BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi said. Accusing Congress of being double-faced, Trivedi said Rajiv Gandhi had started his unsuccessful campaign to retain office in the 1989 election from Ayodhya and promising 'Ram Rajya', while his widow is now remembered for crying at the killings of suspected terrorists in the Batla House encounter and demolition of Babri mosque.

He also objected to her reference to the Babri mosque, claiming it was legally considered disputed. He also questioned how she looked at the visuals of demolition on that day, when the Indian media did not show it and BBC broadcast it much later. Trivedi further said Sonia's sympathies with residents of Gaza are also known and said she did not cry at the targeting of Hindus in Kashmir in 1990 and in Pakistan and Bangladesh after the Babri incident.