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SHRI AJOY CHAKRABORTY (BASIRHAT): Sir, the CBI has filed a charge-sheet before the Special Court. Under the FIR 198, it has levelled charges, including the conspiracy charges, against Shri L.K. Advani, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Kumari Uma Bharati and others. On 9th September, 1997, the Special Judge of the Lucknow Court Shri P. Srivastava, after hearing both the sides and after scrutinising all the materials and evidence available before him, was pleased to frame charges under Section 120B - dealing with criminal conspiracy – against Shri Advani and others. He wanted the trial to commence. The aggrieved party rushed before the august High Court at Allahabad - headed by hon. Justice Bhalla - and requested that it should drop the FIR 198 on procedural and technical grounds. The hon. Judge also opined that the technical defect is curable. He advised the State Government to come forward and cure the technical defect . … (Interruptions) But it is a sorry state of affairs that the Rajnath Singh Government and the Mayawati Government have not taken steps to clear the procedural defects.… (Interruptions) The Rajnath Singh Government and the Mayawati Government have not come forward to cure the procedural defects.

MR. SPEAKER: There is no point of order. Please sit down.

SHRI ARUN JAITLEY: Let us, once and for all in this House, even if the matter is sub judice, resolve this whole mystery of Section 120 B. Then, I am sure, Shri Dasmunsi’s Party will have a lot to answer.

… (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Please sit down. The Minister is giving reply.

SHRI ARUN JAITLEY: Sir, the incident took place on the 6th of December, 1992. On 27th of February, 1993, a Chargesheet was filed against Shri L.K. Advani and 7 others at the court in Lalitpur. This case is then transferred to Raebareli. There was no Government of Ms. Mayawati or Shri Rajnath Singh in UP at that time. UP was under President’s Rule. The Central Government was the Government of the Congress Party. The Chargesheet was filed. Statements of evidence were filed. At least 60 such Statements are on record in that Chargesheet where 60 witnesses say that Shri L.K. Advani and some others stood up and made appeals to the crowd not to damage the disputed structure. In fact there is a statement… (Interruptions)

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : I will read page by page. We have to put it as had happened.

SHRI ARUN JAITLEY: The material on record was that Shri L.K. Advani… (Interruptions)

SHRI SATYAVRAT CHATURVEDI (KHAJURAHO): Mr. Speaker Sir… (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: I am not permitting you.

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : I shall also read out the statement. It is here. You have to protect me. If the Minister goes through the merit of the statement, why should I not go para by para.

MR. SPEAKER: Let him complete his speech. Thereafter I will permit you and not at this stage and not the way in which you want to do it.