I was kept totally in the dark about the government's efforts to solve the vexed problem. It was only when things reached a flashpoint that I was taken into confidence about the negotiations the government had held with the leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Babari Masjid Action Committee (BMAC). Later I came to know that the Prime Minister was afraid that if I am associated with the negotiations in any capacity then some of the leaders of the BMAC on whom the Prime Minister was relying for a solution would not take it kindly. I had a feeling right from the beginning that the communal leaders were not interested in solving the problem, for it gave them a lever to influence the political leadership and the government.

By associating the VHP and BMAC leaders in the negotiations, the government gave them a chance to interfere in politics, ask for some seats in the Rajya Sabha, or tickets for assemblies or the Lok Sabha. The gameplay of these communal leaders was to make the political leadership more and more dependent on them.

Mr. Javed Habib (the spokesman of the BMAC)...negotiated nomination to the Minority Commission as its member in lieu of a proposal acceptable to both the parties.

I have been of the view that a dispute of this nature can be solved by constitutional provisions. Our constitution is a very comprehensive document... The supremacy of the judiciary cannot be negotiated...

(Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, 25 February, 1991)