Tuesday, February 8 2005 20:28 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Varanasi: BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) ideologue K N Govindacharya today (Feb 8, 2005) accused the party leadership of being responsible for the demolition of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and said the saffron leaders present there on that day had "failed" to read the mind of the karsevaks assembled there with the intention to desecrate the structure.

"The BJP leaders had failed to read the mind of the over one lakh karsevaks who were emotionally charged with the intention to demolish the structure on the fateful day of December 6, 1992," Govindacharya told reporters in Varanasi without taking the names of BJP leaders.

"The BJP leaders also failed to control the situation near the disputed site at Ayodhya by making an appeal to the mob to disperse from there and not demolish the structure," he said.

"The BJP leaders could have mobilised its 6000-strong cadre, present in Ayodhya then, to control the mob by dispersing them to avoid the eventual demolition of the mosque," said Govindacharya who has been on a sabbatical from BJP for the last five years after his reported description of former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee as the party's liberal "mask".

"The eventful outcome not only reflected the failure of the saffron leadership present there to gauge the mood of the karsevaks but also its lack of vision to utilise the cadres in controlling and dispersing the mob," he added.