Sunday, February 20 2005 16:15 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Lucknow: The Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the main plaintiffs in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, was contemplating moving the court to have former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee included in the case as an accused.

"The video CD purportedly showing Vajpayee exhorting the people to demolish the Babri Masjid proves that he too was involved in the conspiracy," the Board Counsel and Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) Convenor Zafaryab Jilani told sources in Lucknow today (Feb 20, 2005).

"We shall explore the possibilities of including Vajpayee's name as one of the accused along with others," he said.

The committee would be holding discussions with senior lawyers representing the case in the court and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on the issue, he said.

Jilani said the CBI had not bothered to include Vajpayee in the case as an accused though the "video CD has proved that he was hand in glove in the conspiracy leading to the demolition of the disputed structure."

The BMAC would take up the demand for his inclusion as an accused on February 24 next when its petition challenging the exoneration of L K Advani in the case would be heard by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court.