AMN
Babri Masjid Action committee has rejeted supreme court proposal of out of court settlment of Ayodhya dispute.The Supreme Court suggested to sort out the issue through negotiations which would be agreed upon by all the petitioners and respondents.
Reacting to apex court suggestion, Dr SQR Ilyas, Joint Convenor the Babri Masjid Committee said: ” Prior to this several talks have been conducted but no results. Dialogue between VHP and Babri Masjid Committee did not reach any conclusion. The matter of arbitration and negotiation has already been completed. Issue has to be settled on the basis of legal position not sentiments. We don’t agree to that CJI can act as a mediator in this case. Allahabad HC has already given a judgment”.
Zafaryab Jilani, Convenor of the Committee which is a party to the case said that going by his experience of last 3 decades, he feels that the matter cannot be settled outside the court and referred to unsuccessful negotiation attempts made during the tenures of ex- Prime Ministers Chandrashekhar and PV Narasimha Rao.”Let them hear us, we are prepared. But we are not ready for out of court settlement,” Jilani said.
“In 1986, talks started between the then Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamkoti and President Muslim Personal Law Board Ali Miyan Nadvi but it failed.”Later in 1990, Prime Minister Chandrashekhar, UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat talked but no results came. PM Narasimha Rao also constituted a committee and attempts of talks were made through Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahai but in 1992 the mosque was demolished,” he said.
He said after the demolition, the then AIMPLB President Rabe Hasan Nadvi had sought a written proposal from Shankaracharya of Kanchi in which he said Muslims should leave claim on three mosques, which was not acceptable.
The Supreme Court today asked why there cannot be an out-of-court settlement to the vexed Ayodhya Ram temple -Babri Masjid dispute saying these were matters of religion and faith.
The Supreme Court suggested to sort out the issue through negotiations which would be agreed upon by all the petitioners and respondents.
The Supreme Court also made it clear that if the negotiations fails, then we can intervene and will likely appoint an moderator to resolve all the issues.
The Supreme Court told the main petitioner and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Subramanian Swamy to sort out all the differences and issues in the Ram temple case.
Swamy told the Apex court three judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Jagdish Singh Khehar, that this matter is a very sensitive one and pending in this court since last six years.
Swamy sought the intervention of the Apex Court and sought an urgent hearing into it today to which the Top court asked him to again mention the matter on March 31.
“The Ram temple issue is a sensitive one and also involves the very fundamental rights of a common citizen,” Swamy told the Apex court.t