Atal was not comfortable with the Ayodhya movement and would express his reservations in private conversations. But publicly he went along with the party. He had novel ways of protesting; when it was suggested that he become the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha so as to relieve Advani of the burden (since he was leading the Ayodhya movement), Atal refused. Possibly he had a premonition about what would happen in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992, and thus kept away from the holy town. When the Babri Masjid was demolished, he said that it was the saddest day in his life. In
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