On 30 Oct 1990 then CM of #UttarPradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered PAC to fire on Hindus from across #India who had gathered at Ayodhya to demand the liberation of Ram Janmabhoomi. Undeterred, kar sevaks regathered on 2 Nov when they faced bullets again.
Many died.
#NeverForget
Many died.
#NeverForget
I was with The Statesman those days and was in #Ayodhya on 30 October and 2 November, 1990.
A sadhu standing next to me on Ram Chabutra took a bullet on his forehead when the firing began. He crumbled into a heap.
All you could hear was the crack of rifle fire and 'Jai Sri Ram'.
A sadhu standing next to me on Ram Chabutra took a bullet on his forehead when the firing began. He crumbled into a heap.
All you could hear was the crack of rifle fire and 'Jai Sri Ram'.
Along with other journalists, including Mark Tully, I took shelter behind a dilapidated structure.
When the firing stopped, we stepped out. Ayodhya was littered with slippers and bits of clothing. There were people lying around -- injured or dead.
There was an eerie silence.
When the firing stopped, we stepped out. Ayodhya was littered with slippers and bits of clothing. There were people lying around -- injured or dead.
There was an eerie silence.
1990 now seems a distant past. But memories of 30 Oct and 2 Nov remain etched in my mind.
Sadly Hindus have a poor sense of history, a weakness we see as a virtue.
Those who forget are doomed to suffer again and again.
#Diwali is a good occasion for remembrance.
#JaiSriRam
Sadly Hindus have a poor sense of history, a weakness we see as a virtue.
Those who forget are doomed to suffer again and again.
#Diwali is a good occasion for remembrance.
#JaiSriRam
Those of us who were witness to 30 Oct and 2 Nov 1990, or were around those days, or remember the horrific firing on unarmed Hindus, can alone fully understand the significance of Modi Ji's visit to Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya on the eve of #Diwali 
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