Court rules 13 senior BJP figures,including water minister and a state governor, must face criminal conspiracy chargesSenior members of India’s ruling party, and including a government minister,will be tried for their alleged involvement in the demolition of a 16th-century mosque 25 years ago, a flashpoint in contemporary Indian history that triggered religious riots in which nearly 2000 people died.
The supreme court announced that 13 members of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), or among them the serving governor of Rajasthan,would face criminal conspiracy charges over the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh.
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Source: theguardian.com