On 6 December 1992, the RSS and its affiliates organised a rally involving 150,000 VHP and BJP "kar sevaks" at the site of the Babri Masjid. The ceremonies included speeches by BJP leaders such as L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti. Activists of the Bajrang Dal and the Shiv Sena attacked the mosque, breaking through the police barricade, and demolished it. Police present at the site did little to stop the demolition. Singh had previously given the Indian Supreme court an affidavit, in which he promised that no harm would come to the Babri Masjid. A few hours after the demolition, he resigned as Chief Minister. The Indian Union government dismissed the Uttar Pradesh state government on the same day.