Ayodhya case: Justice denied is justice delayed, says Adityanath

New Delhi, Oct. 30: A day after the Supreme Court deferred hearing the Ram Janmabhoomi- Bab r i Masjid land dispute, a Haryana minister mocked the apex court’s decision and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said justice delayed can be justice denied.

Union minister Giriraj Singh challenged Congress president Rahul Gandhi to come out openly in support of a Ram temple at Ayodhya instead of visiting shrines across the country. “Let us see if he has the courage,” Mr Singh said on Tuesday.

In Lucknow, the UP chief minister stopped short of demanding that the Centre bring legislation to allow the construction of the Ram temple, while suggesting that ‘ all alternatives’ to resolve the issue should be explored. But the demand for a law

was reiterated on Tuesday by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP).

“It’s up to the Centre whether they bring an ordinance or a bill. We

want a law which ensures that rights of the land are transferred to Shriram Janmabhoomi Mukti Yajna Samiti for construction of the Ram temple,” said VHP’s international working president Alok Kumar.

Senior jurists Rakesh Dwivedi and Ajit Kumar Sinha said there is no bar on the Centre to bring an ordinance for early construction of a Ram temple but propriety demanded that the government should wait for the SC verdict.

“Supreme Court mahan hai ( The Supreme Court is great),” Haryana’s health minister Anil Vij said, using the phrase twice in a tweet that seemed to mock the decision. He compared the decision to defer the Ayodhya title suit hearing to the latenight hearing on a plea to delay the hanging of Mumbai attacks convict Yakub Memon.

Legal experts do not back the demand for an ordinance, voiced by some other saffron outfits as well. — PTI