AIMPLB demands action against those speaking of building Ayodhya temple
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday demanded contempt of court proceedings against those speaking of building Ram temple at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
The apex body of the Indian Muslims, which is beginning its crucial three-day plenary here on Friday, said the court and the government should take action against those making such statements.
“This is a clear case of contempt of court. The court and the government should take action,” said Board spokesman Moulana Sajaad Nomani.
He told reporters that the Board would present its case before the Supreme Court and would abide by its verdict.
The apex court on Thursday began hearing petitions challenging the 2010 Allahbad High Court verdict in Ayodhya dispute case and fixed March 14 as the next date of hearing, reports IANS.
Nomani said the Board had not received any proposal from any organization regarding the Babri Masjid case to queries about reports that some organisations sent a proposal offering alternate land for building a mosque.
The Babri Masjid committee of the Board will place its report before the plenary and the same will be discussed.
Nomani said the meeting would review all the cases relating to Babri Masjid. The lawyers will brief the meeting on the developments in Babri Masjid demolition case. In April 2017, the Supreme Court had ordered that all cases relating to the demolition be transferred to Lucknow court for day to day hearing and they be dispose of in a year, he said.
Another committee of the Board will present its report about the mosques under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Nomani said it was
The apex court on Thursday began hearing petitions challenging the 2010 Allahbad High Court verdict in Ayodhya dispute case and fixed March 14 as the next date of hearing.
very unfortunate that the ASI does not allow ‘namaz’ in these mosques but “was blind to all illegal and immoral activities there”.
The committee, which has done a survey of such mosques, will place its report for debate. The Board will chalk out a strategy for a democratic and legal fight over the issue.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday said activists did not consider the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Babri Masjid controversy relevant to their demand for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. “We did not protest for a Ram Mandir with the court’s permission,” the saffron party leader told ANI.
Sanjay Raut claimed that since a court order was not needed to demolition the masjid why is judgement needed for construction of Ram temple.
BJP MP Vinay Katiyar added fuel to the fire by saying that whoever is against Ram is actually anti-national.
Responding to Raut’s remarks, Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said, “The BJP believes in the judiciary of India and will never support such statements.”