Babri finds no mention in JS/BJP manifesto from 1951-1984 though idols smuggled into mosque only months before Jana Sangh formed. Under Mookerjee JS won 3 seats, under Upadhyaya 14, BJP under Vajpayee 2.
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Latched on to VHP movement to 1) Open mosque to Hindus 2) Let VHP lay bricks with Ram name (‘Shila’) next to mosque
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April-May 1990, three riots in Kanpur killed 30, between May and November 1991 more than 50 killed in Varanasi.
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In October 1992, 44 killed in Sitamarhi. In December, day after Babri Masjid destroyed riots in Surat where 200 died of whom 95% Muslim. In Bhopal in December, 143 killed.
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Many riots broke out after deliberate and calculated provocation. Rath Yatras and associated processions were taken through Muslim neighbourhoods.
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