“However, the VHP and RSS had decided to wreck the negotiations and the BJP, of course, connived all the way.”
Rao also conveyed his unhappiness over being blamed by some leaders in his party for the inability of the central government to prevent the demolition.
He said his colleagues were guided by political and vote-catching considerations and “had already made up their mind that one person was to be made historically responsible for the tragedy, in case the the issue ended up in tragedy”.
“...so they were playing either for success, or an alibi through a scapegoat in case of failure! It was a perfect strategy. They could loudly proclaim later that the Muslim vote did not come to the Congress after the demolition of Babri masjid solely because of me.
It remains to be seen whether the future will vindicate me in this regard; if it does, I shall, of course, feel happy,” Rao said.
