Liberhan Report: Levels of culpability

New Delhi: The Liberhan Commission, which investigated those responsible for the demolition of the Babri Masjid, has fixed layers of culpability. With exclusive access to the 900-page report, NDTV has summaried these findings as follows.

The Radicals
Referring to the role played by ex-RSS chief Sudarshan, Uma Bharti, Govindacharya, Kalyan Singh and S S Vaghela, the report says:

• The primary and greatest responsibility for the events of December 6,1992, lies with the radicals.
• They Had 'complete knowledge of the events as they were scripted'
• And they had the means to prevent the assault

The Pseudo-Moderates
Referring to Advani, Vajpayee and Joshi, "who could not have defied the diktat of the RSS", the report says:

• The physical, ideological and intellectual responsibility lies with the 'pseudo moderates'
• It 'Was their sworn and statutory duty to prevent' such an incident
• They gave false assurances to court, people, nation
• But since persons/organisations 'were not decision makers', they could not change the course charted by those bearing primary responsibility
• They may or may not be part of Sangh Parivar

The Sangh
Referring to the role of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the report says:

• The RSS was the "author of the movement behind Ayodhya".

The Top Leaders
On the role of the RSS and BJP top leadership, the report says:

• Blame or credit of the entire temple construction movement at Ayodhya must necessarily be attributed to the Sangh Parivar
• As inner core of the Sangh Parivar, the top leadership of the RSS and the BJP bear primary responsibility
• It cannot be assumed even for a moment that Advani, Vajpayee or Joshi didn't know the designs of the Sangh Parivar

Individual Culpability
On fixing individual culpability, the Liberhan report says 68 people are culpable for "leading the country to the brink of communal discord".

Among these are Vajpayee, Advani, Joshi, Bal Thackeray, ex-RSS chief Sudarshan, Uma Bharti, Govindacharya, Kalyan Singh, S S Vaghela and others. The list also includes 11 bureaucrats, three of whom are now deceased. Here's the complete list:

1. Acharya Dharmendra Dev (Member, Dharam Sansad)
2. Acharya Giriraj Kishore (Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad)
3. A K Saran (IG. Security)
4. Akhilesh Mehrotra (Additional Superintendent of Police, Faizabad)
5. Ashok Singhal (Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad)
6. Ashok Sinha (Secretary Tourism)
7. A B Vajpayee (Leader, Bharatiya Janata Party)
8. Badri Prasad Toshniwal (Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad)
9. Baikunth Lal Sharma (Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad)
10. Bala Sahib Thackeray (Leader, Shiv Sena)
11. B P Singhal (Leader, Vishwa Hindu Parishad)
12. Braham Dutt Divedi (Revenue Minister, Uttar Pradesh)
13. Champat Rai (Local Construction Manager)
14. Dau Dayal Khanna (Leader, Bharatiya Janata Party)
15. D B Roy (Senior Superintendent of Police, Faizabad district)
16. Devraha Baba (Leader, Sant Samaj)
17. Gurjan Singh (Vishwa Hindu Parishad, RSS)
18. G M Lodha (Leader, BJP)
19. Govindacharya (Leader, RSS)
20. H V Sheshadri (Leader, RSS)
21. Jai Bhagwan Goyal (Leader, Shiv Sena)
22. Jai Bhan Singh Pawaria (Leader, Bajrang Dal Ayodhya)
23. K S Sudarshan (Leader, RSS)
24. Kalraj Mishra (President, Uttar Pradesh unit of BJP)
25. Kalyan Singh (Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh)
26. Khushabhau Thackray (Leader, RSS)
27. Lal Ji Tandon (Energy Minister, Uttar Pradesh)
28. Lallu Singh Chauhan (MLA BJP Ayodhya)
29. L K Advani (Leader, BJP)
30. Mahant Avaidhyanath (Leader, Hindu Mahasabha)
31. Mahant Nritya Gopal Das (Leader, Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas)
32. Mahant Paramhans Ran Chander Dass (Leader, VHP)
33. Moreshwar Dinanant Save (Leader, Shiv Sena)
34. Morpanth Pingale (Shiv Sena)
35. Murli Manohar Joshi (Leader, BJP)
36. Om Pratap Singh
37. Onkar Bhava (Leader, VHP)
38. Pramod Mahajan (Leader, BJP)
39. Parveen Togadia (Leader, VHP)
40. Prabhat Kumar (Principal Secretary home)
41. Purshottam Narain Singh (Secretary, VHP)
42. Rajendra Gupta (Minister, Uttar Pradesh)
43. Rajender Singh, Professor alias Raju Bhaiyya (Leader, RSS)
44. Ram Shankar Agnihotri (BJP, VHP leader)
45. Ram Vilas Vedanti (Leader Sant Samaj)
46. R K Gupta (Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh)
47. R N Shrivastava (District Magistrate, Faizabad)
48. Sadhivi Ritambara (Leader Sant Samaj)
49. Shanker Singh Vaghela (President, Gujarat BJP)
50. Satish Pradhan (Leader, Shiv Sena)
51. Shri Chander Dixit (Leader, BJP)
52. Sita Ram Aggarwal
53. S P Gaur (Commissioner, Utter Pradesh)
54. Sunder Singh Bhandari (Leader, BJP)
55. Surya Pertap Sahi (State Minister, Uttar Pradesh)
56. Swami Chinmayanand (leader VHP)
57. Swami Sachidanand Sakshi alias Sakshiji Maharaj (Leader, BJP)
58. S V M Tripathi (DGP)
59. Swami Satmit Ram Ji (Leader, Sant Samaj)
60. Swami Satyanandji, (Leader, Sant Samaj)
61. Swami Vam Devji (Leader, Sant Samaj)
62. Uma Bharti (Leader, VHP)
63. U P Bajpai (DIG, Faizabad)
64. Vijayraje Scindia (Leader, BJP)
65. V K Saxena (Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh)
66. Vinay Katiyar (Leader, RSS)
67. Vishnu Hari Dalmia (Leader, VHP)
68. Youdh Nath Pandey (Leader, Shiv Sena)