The events on the morning and afternoon of December 6, 1992, that led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid were facilitated by a compliant administration and a political leadership?including LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Vinay Katiyar?that stood barely 200 metres away and did nothing to prevent the kar sevaks from tearing the domes down.
This is said to be the key conclusion of the Justice Liberhan Commission of inquiry when it discusses the events of December 6 under the section, ?The Sequence of Events.?
Liberhan is said to have pointed out that Advani, Joshi, Ashok Singhal, Vijaya Raje Scindia, RSS leader HV Sheshadri etc, made only feeble appeals to kar sevaks to climb down from the domes.
No request was made to the kar sevaks not to enter the garbha griha or not to demolish the domes. Liberhan is said to have observed that these icons of the movement could have used the administration?s help?or that of the highly disciplined swayamsevaks?and prevented the demolition.
Sources have told The Indian Express that Liberhan?s listing of the day?s events?with district magistrate R N Srivastava acting on direct orders of the then CM Kalyan Singh?makes this point:
* A ?sham? decision taken by the Kendriya Marg Darshak Samiti (central body of saints of the VHP) that kar seva, fixed for 12.15 pm, was only symbolic.
* RSS leader KS Sudershan admitted that RSS kar sevaks were deployed for security of the disputed structure and crowd control.
* At 9.30 am, Union home secretary told the DG, Indo Tibetan Border Police to keep forces ready in case of a request from the state and deploy them without waiting for formal home ministry orders.
* Vinay Katiyar, Advani, Joshi, Ashok Singhal, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, Uma Bharti, Sadhvi Rithambara and others were present at Katiyar?s house in the morning before going to the site.
* At 10.30 am, Advani and Joshi accompanied by Katiyar, sadhus and sants, reached the platform meant for kar seva and symbolic puja. After 10-20 minutes, Advani and Joshi went to the Ram Katha Kunj, 200 m away.
* The administration ?falsely? told journalists that everything was under control.
* At 11.45 am, DM and SSP surveyed the Ram Janambhoomi complex.
* At noon, a teenaged kar sevak, jumped onto the dome sparking off the breach of the outer cordon. Other kar sevaks, wielding pickaxes, hammers, iron rods and shovels, stormed the disputed structure. Police gave their canes and shields to kar sevaks who brandished them openly.
* Ek dhakka aur do, Babri Masjid tod do was the war cry to encourage karsevaks. The DM did nothing.
* At 12.15 pm, kar sevaks entered the garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum), removed the idols and cash box. Brickbatting on security men gave kar sevaks cover to assault the structure. Demolition was accomplished by puncturing holes in the walls and then inserting ropes to pull the walls down which razed the domes.
* 1.55 pm: Kar sevaks pulled down the first dome; security forces were outnumbered and had no means of communication with officers present in the control room. State police and UP?s Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) took no action throughout. The CRPF were at the Sita Rasoi but received no orders.
* RSS leader K Sudershan says 150 karsevaks broke through. Total numbers between 1000-5000.
* Advani made requests over the PA system to kar sevaks to come down but no one listened. This ?charade,? by these leaders at the instance of Advani contrasts with their own prior conduct and public posture, incitement and exhortations to the crowd to build a temple in place of the disputed structure.
After initial attempts were made to pacify the kar sevaks, nothing was done thereafter to stop the assault, either by the organisers or the sadhus and sants or by the administration or police.
* Idols and cash removed to safe places from inside the domes were placed at their original place at about 7 pm. The construction of a makeshift temple commenced at about 7.30 pm.
* Riots began at 3.30 pm in Ayodhya, carried out by a group of kar sevaks different from those who carried out the demolition.