Liberhan Report to be tabled in the current session, both houses adjourned after uproar
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, November 23, 2009
Both houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon after the panedemoniun broke out in both the houses over alleged leakage of Liberhan Commission's report to media.
Indian Express published a story on Monday claiming that all the three top leaders of BJP - Atal Bihari Vaujpayee, Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi has been indicted in the report for demolishing the disputed structure at Ayodhya.
No sooner than than the Loksabha assembled on Monday morning main opposition party BJP's leader LK Advani said that he was shocked to see the report and demanded an explanation from the government on the issue. He wanted to know how the content of the report has been leaked to Media before the report is being tabled in the house.
Members of the opposition parties demanded immediate tabling of the report in the Parliament.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said that the government has only one copy of the report and that is kept very safe in the ministry and no official of the ministry has leaked any content or part of it to Media.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in Loksabha, "The government received the Liberhan Commission's report on June 29, 2009 and is required to table the report, together with the action taken report (ATR) in both house of the parliament within six months from that date. And we have made it clear that the government intend to table the report in the winter session.
Mr. Chidambaram also refused to say whether whatever has been reported about the Liberhan Commission's in the media is correct or not.
