BBC NEWS BJP SENIOR MEMBER LINKED TO AYODHYA MOSQUE DEMOLITION

Indian politician accused of 'provoking' mosque riot
The mosque's destruction was one of India's most bitterly contested events
An Indian police officer has claimed that a prominent politician made a provocative speech moments before the 1992 sacking of a mosque in Ayodhya.
The officer, Anju Gupta, said the speech was made by LK Advani, who at the time was a top leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ms Gupta was assigned as a security officer to Mr Advani in 1992.
The mosque was brought down by a Hindu mob and some 2,000 people died in riots across India after its demolition.
It was some of the worst Hindu-Muslim violence since the partition of India in 1947.
'Creating discord'
Ms Gupta said that Mr Advani had declared in his speech that a Hindu temple would be built on the site.
Mr Advani has described the razing as the saddest day in his life
The former bodyguard told a special court in the town of Rae Bareli that Mr Advani had made his "provocative speech" to right-wing Hindus in Ayodhya on the day the mosque was attacked.
Ms Gupta was testifying as a prosecution witness in a case against Mr Advani - a former leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - who has been charged with "provoking people into rioting and arson" and "creating discord among communities".

Mr Advani - who has won plaudits for transforming the BJP into a viable political force - has denied involvement in the demolition, calling it "the saddest day" of his life.

In 2003 Mr Advani - who served as home minister and deputy prime minister under the BJP-led government between 1998 and 2004 - was cleared of being linked to the demolition.
The current case against him came about after a court in the state of Uttar Pradesh revived charges against him.
The hearing has been adjourned for four weeks.
In November 2009 an official report implicated more than 60 people - including the most senior members of the BJP - in the mosque's destruction.
The site of the 16th Century Babri Masjid had been a focus for Hindu-Muslim hostility for decades when on 6 December 1992 a mob of Hindu militants tore the mosque down, claiming that it had been a temple marking the birthplace of the Hindu God Ram.
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