Atal statement on Babri eve

‘‘I don’t know what will happen there tomorrow,’’ former PM A.B. Vajpayee is quoted as having said in Lucknow on December 5, 1992, a day before the Babri Masjid was demolished, according to a CD placed before the Liberhan Commission.

As per details of the speeches published in the latest issue of Hindi news magazine Outlook, Vajpayee purportedly said: ‘‘I do not know what will happen there (Ayodhya) tomorrow. I wanted to go to Ayodhya but I have been asked to return to Delhi.’’ In another interview to the magazine, Vajpayee said he had made the speech in lighter vein. —PTI