Bhagwat remark a challenge to SC: Muslim outfits
Lucknow, Nov. 24: Muslim organisations today reacted sharply to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s strong pitch for building a Ram temple on the disputed site at Ayodhya, terming it as a direct challenge to the apex court before which the matter wass pending, and demanded action against him.
They also alleged that the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh ( RSS) chief was trying to help the BJP in the upcoming Gujarat elections by diverting the attention of voters from “real” issues with such statements.
“The All- India Muslim Personal Law Board has faith in the judiciary and will try to implement its order... By issuing this statement Mohan Bhagwat has taken law into his hands,” the spokesman of the AIMPLB, Maulana Khaild Saifullah Rehmani, said.
He demanded that the government take action against “such people who are openly showing disrespect to the courts and taking hands”.
Mr Bhagwat has issued “a one- sided statement that only a temple will be constructed at the site and this is unacceptable to us”, Mr Rehmani said, adding this amounts to showing disrespect to the court.
The convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee and member of the board, Zafaryab Jilani, alleged that such remarks “challenging” the apex court are a threat to democracy.
Mr Jilani, who is also a senior counsel, said that it appears that Mr Bhagwat has tried to help the BJP in the Gujarat Assembly elections through his statement.