As the Ram Janmbhoomi movement gathered steam in 1992, BJP leader Vijaya Raje Scindia had assured then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao that nothing would happen to Babri Masjid and he believed her against the advice of his ministers, NCP chief Sharad Pawar revealed on Tuesday.

At the launch of senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury's book 'How Prime Ministers Decide', Pawar, who was the defence minister at the time of the Babri Masjid demolition, said he along with then home minister and the home secretary was present at the meeting.