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BJP asks EC to bar telecast of Cobrapost sting on Babri issue

New Delhi: Questioning the timing of a ‘sting' operation on the Babri Masjid demolition, the BJP today alleged that it was “sponsored”, accusing Congress of using “pawns” to vitiate the atmosphere before elections and asked

“We had in the morning spoken to Election Commission and also written a letter that an NGO named Cobrapost in the name of a sting operation is planning to show a sponsored sting on the sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri masjid issue....Its telecast and publication should be immediately barred,” he added.

He said the party had asked the EC to take action “against whoever is behind such a mischievous conspiracy.”

Accusing the Congress of propagating communalism, Naqvi said that the party has lost the battle on ground and was now trying to use pawns to spoil the atmosphere ahead of election.