From the archive record
Sadhvi Rithambara speaks about Babri Masjid demolition. Seen with other Sanyasis, she stood firm to protect Ayodhya. She was culpable for leading the country "to the brink of communal discord" for the role in the demolition of the Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992. Sadhvi is a Hindu political activist, social worker and religious preacher. The Hindu leadership in Ayodhya decided to organize a Satyagraha, with one thousand people courting trouble every day, from December 6 till January 15. The total number of people who courted arrest in those days was over two lakhs. Was this the year 1990? A very serious situation broke out in Bijnor in 1990. Curfew had to be imposed for ten days. Heavy police power was deployed in and around Ayodhya. Mulayam Singh had vowed that he would not allow anybody