Two decades later, the Liberhan Commission, enquiring into the demolition of the Babri Masjid, held twenty-eight persons responsible for the act. Atal’s name also figures in the list. The commission labelled Atal, Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, ‘pseudo moderates’. The report held that Atal was ‘pretending to keep a distance’ from the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign, ‘but he was actually part of the conspiracy’.
