He said Vajpayee had even named the organisation and the central team report had exposed some of the communal elements responsible for the atrocities on Christians.

Gowda also accused state home minister Haren Pandya of being partisan in case of riots which took place on December 30-31 in Amod. He said Pandya visited the place where a Hindu was stabbed to death but did not do so where a Muslim was allegedly shot dead by police.

Gowda and former railway minister Ram Vilas Paswan were speaking to reporters here on Thursday after touring areas in the state where Christians and Muslims were attacked.

Paswan said if the central government did not take firm action against the state government the Janata Dal would demand dismissal of the Vajpayee Government itself.

Gowda said Vajpayee and Advani should prove they are sincere by matching their words with action.

Gowda said that he will meet President K R Narayanan on Friday and present a memorandum urging him to dismiss the state government. He will also write to Vajpayee to take the same action, he added.

Gowda saw a design in what he termed ``national shame'' because Patel had served as Chief Minister even earlier but such incidents did not take place then or even when Suresh Mehta was chief minister.