No lapse in security arrangements on Dec 6,1992: Kalyan

Singh cited the example of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi and said they too had security cover.

“There was tight security for John F Kennedy. But he was shot. Same was the case with Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi,” he said.

The Liberhan Commission report is believed to have said that as chief political executive of the administration,Singh did not requisition Central forces which were at his disposal for stopping ‘kar sevaks’ from bringing down the structure.

Singh,however,said he had asked the security personnel not to open fire at the kar sevaks.

“I had just said kar sevaks were present in lakhs and full force should be used to stop them. But there should be no firing of bullets,” he said.

If there was firing,thousands of kar sevaks would have been killed and there would have been a situation of stampede,Singh said.

“Therefore,at least I had saved lives of the kar sevaks and not committed a sin by taking their lives,” Singh said.

Asked about the report reportedly mentioning the name of former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee,Singh said it was irresponsible to drag Vajpayee’s name into this. “It is totally baseless and irresponsible to drag the name of A B Vajpayee into this and this proves how biased and malafide the report is,” he said.