96-year-old Karsevak Shalini Dabir recalls memories of Babri structure's collapse
Ram Mandir movement in the 90s, has been invited to the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22.
Dabir is specially invited to attend the historic event scheduled to take place in the holy city.
Recalling the memory of the collapse of the Babri structure, she also recounted her memories of how she was 'compelled' to be locked in a school as the jails were full.
Dabir, who was 63 then, reached Ayodhya, walking 60 km, and witnessed the waving of saffron on the Babri structure after reaching Ayodhya on October 30, 1990.
Dabir, who hails from Maharashtra and left Mumbai in 1990 for Kar Seva.
«There were bullets firing at the Karsevaks, and the police tortured us the most… The UP Police arrested a group of women karsevaks from Dadar and placed them on school premises. I was locked in a school as the jails were full,» she said.
She also claimed that she not only experienced lathicharge but also tear gas and firing around her.
She claimed that a bullet had just gone past her.
«The person next to me died with the bullet,» she added.
Shalini also said, «After many efforts, a wall was not falling, then a monkey sat on that wall and everything turned to dust because he had applied pressure to the wall and it collapsed.»
«After the collapse of the Babri structure, a man belonging to the Muslim community came and offered sweet, saying, 'You people have now got what you wanted'.
I also wanted to give him some sweets but I couldn't find him after that,» Dabir said.
She further expressed her happiness over the construction of the Ram temple.
«Now that Ram is coming back to Ayodhya, I am very happy. Now the Ram temple has been built, everything will be good, everyone will benefit,» she said.
