PM lauds ‘maturity’ after Ayodhya verdict
Ahead of the expected Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled how the government, political parties, and civil society prevented attempts to create fissures when the 2010 Allahabad High Court ruling on the disputed land in Ayodhya was to be delivered.
He described it as an example of how a united voice could strengthen the country.
In his monthly Mann ki Baat address, Modi asked people to jog their memory and recall the days ahead of the Allahabad High Court judgment of September 2010.
“I remember when the Allahabad High Court gave its verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi in September 2010. You could jog your memory a bit and reflect about the atmosphere then. Various kinds of people took to the arena. Various interest groups were playing games to take advantage of that situation in their own way,” the prime minister said.
He referred to the “kind of language” used to “generate tension in the atmosphere”.
He said some loudmouths had the sole intention of hogging the limelight at that time.
On the one hand, the machinations went on to generate tension. When the decision was delivered, the government, political parties, social organisations, civil society, representatives of all sects and saints, on the other, issued balanced statements. There were attempts to reduce the tension in the socio-political environment, he pointed out.