Ayodhya Dispute: We Have no Objection on Ram Temple Construction But Mosque Should be Build There Too, Says Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan

On October 29, the Supreme Court adjourned the Ayodhya title suit till next year

New Delhi: Karnataka minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Saturday raked up the issue of Ram Temple and said that they have no objection over the construction of the temple in Ayodhya but mosque should also be there. Talking to reporters, he said, “Not only the Muslims in Karnataka but Muslims across the country are not against Ram Mandir. Build Ram Mandir but our mosque which was martyred should also be made. We are not against Ram Mandir, we are just demanding our right.”

On October 29, the Supreme Court adjourned the Ayodhya title suit till next year to fix a date for the hearing. The court was hearing the matter which challenged the 2010 ruling of the Allahabad High Court which divided the disputed land into three parts.

Not only the Muslims in Karnataka but Muslims across the country are not against Ram Mandir. Build Ram Mandir but our mosque which was martyred should also be made. We are not against Ram Mandir, we are just demanding our right: BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, Karnataka Minister. pic.twitter.com/i4qRWZ6tUw

— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2018

On Diwali eve, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had asserted that the construction work for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will start very soon. He had earlier also called for an early resolution to the Ayodhya dispute.

Recently, Congress including other parties had tried to corner the ruling party on the Ram temple issue. The Congress had been accusing the BJP of raising the temple issue only when elections are around the corner.  BJP’s estranged ally Shiv Sena had also stressed that the Ram temple is an issue of faith and demanded that the government come out with an Ordinance soon.

The Babri Masjid, built by Mughal emperor Babur in Ayodhya in 1528, was, on December 6, 1992, razed to the ground allegedly by Hindu activists, claiming that the mosque was constructed after demolishing a Ram temple that originally stood there

Earlier, a three-judge bench, by a 2:1 majority, refused to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgment that a mosque was not integral to Islam. The matter had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute.

An apex court bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the civil suit has to be decided on the basis of evidence, adding that the previous verdict has no relevance to this issue.

As many as 14 appeals have been filed against the high court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77 acres of land be partitioned equally among three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.