Years after various parties sought legal recourse in the Babri Masjid dispute, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that the ‘sensitive’ matter could be settled through dialogue.
Pleased with the suggestion, Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh said, “The Honorable Supreme Court is right”
The response from Chief Justice JS Khehar came up during hearing on Subramanian Swamy’s petition over a urgent hearing into the matter. Reacting to the CJI’s observation, Swamy later told ANI that “a mediator must be appointed in the case.” The BJP lawmaker added that “a mosque could be built anywhere, but that Ayodhya is the birth place of Ram cannot be disputed.”
Amid confusion over the exact nature of Tuesday’s suggestion, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli clarified that Justice Khehar had merely made a suggestion and not pronounced a final, binding judgement in the contentious matter.
While the Congress’ Digvijaya Singh expressed that the court alone must rule on the matter, Union Minister and BJP leader Mahesh Sharma clarified that actions taken by his party would be within the confines of the constitution.
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