Vajpayee continued with his speech even as the crowd applauded: ‘If yagya begins tomorrow there will be some construction…It is winter. There are those who have come from the south who are not used to this weather. For them, a shamiana will have to be put up…I do not know what will happen tomorrow…I wanted to go to Ayodhya but I was told to go to Delhi.’ This footage of Vajpayee’s speech, recorded by intelligence, was surely available to Narasimha Rao. But the footage never saw the light of day for over twelve years. According to sources, it remained under wraps because someone at the highest
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