Advani, others get bail as Babri case helps firm up support for Ram temple

Ram temple agenda is at the forefront after BJP scored an emphatic victory in UP

As supporters gathered outside the court premises and raised slogans of ‘mandir wahin banayenge’, the CBI special court today granted bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and nine others on personal bonds in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The charge of criminal conspiracy in the demolition of the structure will be framed against the 12 after the court looks at the discharge application that the defence submitted today.

While the court case has been interpreted as a jolt to Advani and Joshi’s hopes to be the presidential candidate of the BJP-led National