Kar Sevak firing row: Sanatan Pandey tweaks stand on Mulayam Singh Yadav’s role in 1990 firing order

Samajwadi Party leader Sanatan Pandey has defended the 1990 firing on Kar Sevaks in Ayodhya during Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure, saying the action was taken to protect the Constitution. Speaking in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, Pandey clarified that he had not said “we ordered the firing” but maintained that Mulayam Singh Yadav did what the Constitution prescribed. He claimed that the disputed structure could have been demolished and the country could have witnessed a civil war had the firing not taken place. Pandey also accused BJP, RSS and VHP members of violating the Constitution by climbing the disputed structure.