New Delhi: BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani today recorded his statement in the Babri mosque demolition case. He recorded the case before the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow through video-conferencing.
On Thursday, the court recorded the statement of another BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi in the case. Joshi had told the special CBI court that he was innocent and implicated in the case by the then Congress government at the Centre.
The court, through daily hearings, has to complete the trial and deliver its verdict by 31 August.
The Babri case hearing took places just days before a grand groundbreaking event planned on 5 August for a Ram temple at Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of other VIPs will attend the event. The construction of the temple will begin after a grand groundbreaking ceremony.
Reports suggested Advani and other leaders of the Ram temple movement will also be invited.