Kalyan Singh says he asked District Magistrate not to shoot on Karsewaks
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday admitted to have instructed the District Magistrate not to shoot as it could have led to multiple
casualties of Kar Sewaks. "Had I directed to shoot, it would have led to thousands
of deaths,"said Kalyan Singh on a private channel. "There were necessary security
arrangment for the Babri mosque but I couldn't save it from demolition," said
Singh said. However, Kalyan Singh also quipped that former Prime Minister "Indira
Gandhi was also assassinated despite security arrangements." Kalyan Singh was
the Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1992 when Babri mosque was demolished on
Dec.6 by thousands of agitated Kar Sewaks.
