“Notwithstanding the report there is not an iota of doubt in it that Advani ji, the leader of opposition in the Parliament and Kalyan Singh had their hands in damaging the structure of the mosque which later triggered widespread riots and created fissures between the two communities,” said Lalu.

He, however, said that he was yet to study the details of the report but expected that once the Prime Minister would table it on the floor of the Parliament things would come out in the public domain for the scrutiny of the involvement of BJP leaders and its associates including Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal and ABVP.

“It is a well-known fact that Babri mosque demolition had been the genesis of communal tension of recent years in the country and fundamental Hindu organisations have been involved in it which discredited country’s name in the world,” he asserted.

For Lalu, the report has come at a time when the state is steadily gearing up to go to the Assembly poll next year and he has all his reasons to fire salvo at Nitish Kumar led NDA government.

“Now, it is up to Nitish and Sharad Yadav to clear their position as how they would articulate their stand while keeping alliance with the BJP,” remarked Lalu.

He said that infamous Bhagalpur riot in the state was a prelude of the Babri mosque demolition when Advani had carried out shila-pujan in Bihar.

In all likelihood, close on the heels of the report, it is expected that the upcoming and very first session of the Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha would see the political brinkmanship in its new avatar.