Bhopal: The dejected Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) in Madhya Pradesh got some consolation here on Tuesday when some leaders of other parties along with their supporters joined the party in a function at Gandhi Bhavan. Those who joined the BJS on the occasion mainly include former state vice president of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Amit Verma who was immediately named as the national president of the youth wing of BJS, Yuva Jan Shakti.
Addressing the party workers on the occasion BJS President and former state chief minister Uma Bharti said, “We would now work in the state with full strength and would contest all the coming elections in the state, state assembly would be gheraoed by the party on July 27 next to protest the anti people policies of the state government.” Reacting to the submission of Liberhan Commission report that was probing the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) president Uma Bharti said she will not apologise for the demolition. “I did not play any role in the demolition of disputed structure of Babri Mosque,” said Ms Bharti in a discussion with the reporters here.
Ms Bharti, who also appeared before the Commission, asserted that she was in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 with five lakhs 'karsevaks' but she did not provoke anybody for the demolition, however, she was in favour of demolishing the disputed structure and construction of Ram temple. “I will not ask for any apology in this matter, even if I am hanged,” the firebrand leader reiterated. The report was submitted after 17 years.