Proud to be on list with LK Advani, says former Thane mayor charged in Babri case

Thane’s former mayor and two-term Rajya Sabha member, Satish Pradhan, against whom the Supreme Court restored charges of criminal conspiracy in the Babri Masjid demolition case,said that he is ready to accept whatever he did for Ram Janmabhoomi 27 years ago.

Pradhan, 75, said that he was proud that his name was included in a list including LK Advani, MM Joshi, Sadhavi Ritambara, Uma Bharti and Vinay Khatiar, who will also be tried in the case afresh.

Pradhan, however, told the Hindustan Times that he retired from politics in 2004 and since then, is in a happy space and thus refused to react to any polit

dict.

“This entire case was a con

the beginning. I will face the trial and let law take its own

On Saturday, senior BJP leader Omprakash Sharma, who was also a participant of the movement met Pradhan at his house.

Pradhan and Sharma are said to be the only two leaders from Thane who participated in the movement then when the agitation was at its height.

From Thane, Pradhan was allegedly at the forefront of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in 1992, and was involved in planning the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

According to sources, Pradhan along with a few others had a secret meeting at North Avenue in Delhi on November 1992 to chalk out a strategy regarding Ayodha.

He had allegedly supported Bal Thackeray’s statement that he was proud of the demolition of