The 32 accused in the Babri masjid demolition case included high profile leaders like L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti.

Accused Vinay Katiyar, Dharamdas, Vedanti, Lallu Singh, Champat Rai and Pawan Pandey reached Lucknow on Wednesday morning to attend the court hearing.

Prominent among the 32 accused are former deputy prime minister L K Advani and BJP leaders M M Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar.

Kalyan Singh said, 'As the UP chief minister, I and my government ensured adequate three-tier security of the disputed structure in Ayodhya.'

Kalyan Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the 16th-century structure was razed on December 6 in 1992 in Ayodhya

Kalyan Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in December 1992 when the historic structure in Ayodhya was demolished.

Kalyan Singh, who was Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the mosque at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya was demolished, rejoined the BJP at the party office here.

The poll panel had on Monday concluded that Singh's remarks supporting the return of Narendra Modi as prime minister are violative of the model code and is learnt to have written to President Kovind flagging the issue.

The court refused to heed LK Advani’s counsel’s request to put off the hearing by four weeks.