Oldest litigant in Babri Masjid case dies at 95, first to file suit in 1949
across party lines, Khandu said all members of the House would be given enough financial power so that they can concentrate on their respective constituencies for development to percolate.
The chief minister, while appealing to members not to rake up issues of the past, said he would fix responsibilities on every minister of his Cabinet and those who fail to perform, would face action.
“I will take all the MLAs together as ‘Team Arunachal’ to fulfil the aspirations of the people,” he announced, adding that his priority would be to complete all important schemes.
Khandu was sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister on July 17 after months of political turmoil in the state.
In a dramatic turnaround in this land-locked state on July 16, Congress replaced Tuki by choosing Khandu as the new CLP leader, who staked claim to power on the basis of support of 45 party MLAs along with two Independents. In fast-changing developments, Khaliko Pul, rebel-turned chief minister, who was unseated by the SC, returned to the party fold with 30 dissident MLAs. AYODHYA: Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri mosque dispute who was associated with the case since 1949, died on Wednesday due to heart-related ailments.
95-year-old Ansari breathed his last at his residence in the wee hours, according to his son Iqbal. Born in Ayodhya, Ansari was the first to file the suit on the matter in the court of civil judge of Faizabad in 1949. Ansari along with six others became the main plaintiff in the ‘Ayodhya title suit’ filed by the Sunni Central Waqf Board in the court of Faizabad civil judge.
In 2010, the Allahabad High Court in its majority verdict allotted one-third of the disputed site in Ayodhya to Nirmohi Akahara. The other two-thirds portion has been given equally to be shared by the Waqf Board and the side representing Ram Lalla.
Soon after the verdict, Ansari had called for burying the dispute and making “a fresh start”.
In his attempt to find an outof-court resolution to Ayodhya dispute, Ansari had in February last year said that he will involve prominent members of the minority community for a peaceful conclusion to the matter.
Ansari also met Akhara Parishad president Mahant Gyan Das to discuss a new proposal for resolution of the dispute.
The formula for out-of-court settlement talked about the 70 acres of disputed premises accommodating both mosque and temple with a partition wall which will be 100 ft high.
Ansari had said, “This is neither one man’s job nor a one man show. If we want to find a peaceful solution to this more than 60-year old problem that has claimed many innocent lives in the communal riots, it is necessary that responsible people of Muslim community and religious leaders must come out to discuss it.”
Reacting to Ansari’s death, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said hardliners should take a lesson from Ansari’s life.
The convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee Zafaryab Jilani also expressed grief over the death of Ansari.
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