SP lawmaker defends 1992 Ayodhya firing as necessary for law and order

Samajwadi Party MP S.P. Singh Patel defended the shooting incident during the 1992 Babri Masjid crisis, stating that former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's decision to deploy force was necessary to preserve law and order. The kar sevak firing remains a contentious chapter in Indian politics, with differing interpretations of the state government's actions during the volatile period. Patel's comments reflect the SP's ongoing effort to contextualize the controversial event within the framework of administrative responsibility. The lawmaker also issued a warning against what he termed misleading religious discourse, specifically targeting the spiritual teachings of Bageshwar Dham's Dheerendranath Shastri. The remarks highlight persistent political divisions over how India's communal tensions in the early 1990s should be understood and evaluated.