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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has held the country's former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao responsible for demolition of Babri mosque, which led to country-wide riots in 1992.
“The inability to prevent the demolition of the Babri Masjid was one of PV’s [Narasimha Rao] biggest failures,” writes Mukherjee in the second volume of his memoir – The Turbulent Years: 1980 - 96.
“The demolition of Babri Masjid was an act of absolute perfidy, which should make all Indians hang their heads in shame.”
The ghosts of tragedies past
Coming up: Prseident Pranab Mukherjee on who was responsible for the Babri demolition #PranabMemoir pic.twitter.com/ZlZZSL90V5
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) January 28, 2016
2nd volume of memoirs of #PresidentMukherjee titled “The Turbulent Years– 1980-1996” was released today pic.twitter.com/9SA2iK5Ykr
— President Mukherjee (@POI13) January 28, 2016
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The Indian president has chronicled momentous developments of the 1980s and 90s in the book, including former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, Operation Blue Star, and his ousting from Rajiv Gandhi’s cabinet.
I had the good fortune to be a witness and, sometimes, a participant in many momentous events of the 1980s and 1990s #PresidentMukherjee
— President Mukherjee (@POI13) January 28, 2016
"This volume is an account of major events from my perspective," he said while speaking about the book on Thursday.
This volume is an account of major events from my perspective #PresidentMukherjee pic.twitter.com/Ti6QYKF7Z6
— President Mukherjee (@POI13) January 28, 2016
-With input from India Today
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