CBI court summons Advani, Joshi

Lucknow, May 25: A special CBI court in Lucknow, conducting day by day hearing of 1992 Babri demolition case. They asked that BJP leaders LK Advani, Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi appear personally before it on May 30.They made these statements here on Thursday.

The court refused exemption from personal appearance to Advani and Union Water Resources Minister Bharti.
The BJP leaders had moved court seeking exemption from personally appearing in court for the hearing of their role in the conspiracy to raze the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.

While the conspiracy charges against the trio were dropped by a special CBI court in 2001, and later upheld by the Allahabad High Court in 2010, the apex court in April had ruled that the BJP leaders, and some Shiv Sena and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders will have to face trial for their alleged role in the conspiracy to demolish the mosque. The CBI had also pressed for the charges.