Indian parliament in uproar over Ayodhya report leak

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Updated November 24, 2009 21:06:54

The Indian government has formally tabled an inquiry into the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque in Uttar Pradesh, after leaked excerpts implicated opposition MPs in the attack. The mosque was destroyed in 1992 by Hindu extremists, and more than 2,000 people died in subsequent nationwide riots. The government has had the official inquiry's report since June, and was planning to table it in parliament next month. However, it was hastily presented it today, after a national newspaper published leaked excerpts accusing senior BJP figures of a role in the mosque's destruction.

Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Sushma Swaraj, senior BJP leader; Congress Party spokesman Manish Tiwari; Professor Mohammad Mujtaba Khan, political analyst, Jamia Milia Islamia University

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