AYODHYA: The 28th anniversary of the Babri Masjid The demolition was different from previous years, with Hindus and Muslims refraining from holding any special events to mark the day on Sunday, even when there was a heavy deployment of security in the city to ensure peace.
However, the Hindu Mahasabha, a right-wing Hindu group, made a “promise” on the banks or at the river. Saryu for the “liberation of the temples of Kashi and Mathura on the line of Ayodhya“as the occasion marked.
The administration had also asked residents not to host any meetings in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Until 2018, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) used to observe the day as ‘Shaurya Diwas’ (day of bravery), while Muslims in the city marked it as ‘Black Day’.
However, this year the VHP had already announced that since the Supreme Court ordered that the disputed site be built a temple, there was no need to observe the day in any special way.
“We had issued warnings to our ranks not to celebrate the anniversary of Babri The demolition of Masjid as Shaurya Diwas, “VHP Senior Leader Mahant Kamal Nayan Das told PTI.
From the Muslim side, Haji Mahboob, who was their main litigant in the Babri Masjid case, said: “We have not held any events on this day. But we regret the demolition of the Babri Masjid in the mosques and offered special prayers.”
A bench of 5 judges headed by the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan gogoi in a unanimous verdict on November 9, 2019, he decreed the entire disputed land of 2.77 acres in favor of the deity ‘Ram Lalla’ and also ordered the Center to assign a 5-acre parcel to the Sunni Board of Waqf for build a mosque in Ayodhya.
Subsequently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on August 5 this year, laid the foundation here for a Ram temple, the culmination of a campaign that fueled the rise of the BJP and marked the fulfillment of one of its major promises in polls.
Last year’s anniversary was also a low-key affair with Hindu and Muslim religious leaders downplaying the occasion amid tight security.
Ayodhya Police Deputy Inspector General Deepak Kumar told PTI that Sunday the anniversary passed peacefully and no events were organized.
“The seers and clerics of Ayodhya came together for peace and community harmony,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Hindu leader of the Mahasabha, Manish Pandey, told PTI: “On this day, we have pledged to liberate the temples of Kashi and Mathura as we liberated Ram Mandir.”
Meanwhile, the coordinator of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, Zafaryab Jilani, said that a memorandum has been sent to the President and Chief Justice of India, asking them to order the IWC to file a petition in the high court against the acquittal of the defendants in Babri. demolition event.
A mosque on the site was demolished in 1992 by ‘kar sevaks’ who believed it was built into a temple, leading to lengthy litigation that ended with the Supreme Court verdict.
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