VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# . & 0 @ #"# $1&!A#"# #+!&!A#"#A # 099 :/: ;#+# "#$" ()#,- )*+ ?6<( <6> ?6 <= 6 %/ <> 66 <<6 !" ! "#$%& ' $ ()&*)+, *- : $ %'( $) !" "!# founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose 550th birth anniver- ' (' R ettling the decades-long sary celebrations are underway, SRam Janmabhoomi-Babri to Ayodhya for darshan of !"!#!$ Masjid dispute and paving the Janmabhoomi of Lord Ram in # !"# way for the construction of the 1510-11 AD supports the faith "#%&''(#" !"# Ram temple, the Supreme and belief of Hindus that the "#$""#"*!#+ #*#""$"" #+ Court on Saturday in a land- site was the birthplace of the !-& "#""$+##- the next few days itself in asking him to “first make Ram mark unanimous judgment deity, the Supreme Court said. Jharkhand, where the five- temple, then think of handed over the land rights of But at the same time, the """$#+.+!#%/0/+####+ f one thought, like the phase Assembly elections start Vidyasagar’s statue”. the entire disputed area to SC maintained, “The damage ### ICongress, that the Supreme later this month, and then The Congress has never deity Ram Lalla, one of the to the mosque in 1934, its des- "#!#1#!##$"# Court judgment on Ram tem- again in Delhi, that will follow been very forthcoming on the three litigants in the case. ecration in 1949 leading to the $##+2#"#+4&*## ple has “closed the doors” for suit sometime early next year. contentious issue fearing a Simultaneously, it ordered the ouster of the Muslims and the #""$*#!#1"$+## the BJP to politicise the issue, The progress of the entire backlash from the minority Centre or the State to give 5 eventual destruction on # then it is wishful thinking. process — from setting up the community. It was only during acres of land to the UP Sunni December 6, 1992 constituted O## 6!!" The Ram temple issue will controlling Trust to the con- the 2019 Lok Sabha polls that Central Waqf Board at an alter- a serious violation of the rule ###""7($16!8! continue to be at the core of the struction of the temple — will it warily opened up a bit to say nate but prominent site in of law.” !!"#### future political discourse of the surely be highlighted by the BJP it was not opposed to the con- Ayodhya to build a mosque. “The dispute is over BJP and, in turn, the nation that in many an Assembly election struction of the Ram temple. In its 1045-page order, the immovable property. The court #"+#"#$$# is perpetually in an election in the States in the next few And this it did amid a demand SC directed the Centre to form does not decide title on the mode round the year. The years and in the run up to the by a section within the party to a Trust of its choice, indepen- basis of faith or belief but on The court also went on to over to a Government-created eventual aim will again be to next Lok Sabha polls in 2024, go for a moderate Hindutva dent of Ram Janmabhoomi the basis of evidence,” the judg- say that the Constitution must trust that must be set up with- reap the dividends, though by when the temple posturing, one that led to its Nyas, within three months so ment, delivered at the end of a ensure that a wrong committed in three months. The trust will with a different perspective construction is likely to be then president Rahul Gandhi that the land could be handed marathon 40-day hearing — must be remedied. be tasked with the construction from now on. completed. undertake a temple-hopping over to it even as it dismissed the second longest in the his- To remedy that wrong, the of the temple. The verdict, after The Congress welcomed spree. the claims of Nirmohi Akhara tory of the SC — maintained. court asked the Centre to allot all, has armed the the SC judgment with its chief It would be no surprise saying it is not a “shebait” or “The fact that there lay a a five-acre plot in a saffron party with spokesperson Randeep then to expect the BJP, here- devotee of Ram Lalla. The SC, temple beneath the destroyed “prominent” location yet another tool to Surjewala saying that it has after, to cite the outcome of the however, kept the Akhara in structure has been established in Ayodhya in UP for do some “chest- opened the doors for con- SC verdict and the construction the game “having regard to its by the Archaeological Survey of constructing a new thumping” and pro- struction of the Ram temple of the temple, as a promise ful- historical presence at the dis- India (ASI) and the underlying mosque. ject itself and Prime Minister and closed the doors for the filled and take credit claiming puted site and its role” by structure was not an Islamic The disputed 2.77- Narendra Modi as a “doer” BJP to politicise the issue. it was only the saffron party directing the Centre to give it structure. On the balance of acre plot will for now even as it has taken In reality, the SC verdict that could make it possible. an appropriate role in the man- probabilities, there is clear evi- remain with a Central away a major weapon has done the opposite. It has With the BJP opting for the agement of the temple. dence to indicate that the wor- Government receiver, from the shut the doors for the line, it will be only natural to The deliverance of the ver- ship by the Hindus in the who will hand it Opposition’s arse- Opposition on the issue. It has see Modi, BJP president Amit dict on a Saturday by a five- outer courtyard” has continued nal to attack and taken away their attacking Shah and other leaders show- judge Constitution Bench, unimpeded even before 1857 ridicule the BJP power, especially, those of the case the successful culmination comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi when the British annexed from time to time likes of Trinamool Congress of the 70-year-old case as being and Justices SA Bobde, DY Oudh region. for failing to honour its chief Mamata Banerjee and the outcome of a strong polit- Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan “The Muslims have offered oft-repeated promise to con- the Congress on this issue. ical will and continuous efforts and S Abdul Nazeer, is no evidence to indicate that struct a grand Ram temple in Recently, when the con- by the current dispensation. unprecedented. The Bench said they were in exclusive posses- Ayodhya. troversy over vandalising of The promise of construct- the faith of Hindus that Lord sion of the mosque before The BJP taking credit Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar’s bust ing a grand Ram temple in Ram was born at the site was 1857”, it said, adding “The for the Supreme Court’s in Kolkata raged on and BJP Ayodhya has featured in all the undisputed, and he is symbol- faith of the Hindus that Lord paving of way for the con- president Amit Shah offered to election manifestos of the BJP ically the owner of the land. Ram was born at the demol- struction of the Ram tem- get a new statue constructed, since 1996. The visit of Sikhism ished structure is undisputed.” $& ple could well be visible in Mamata had taken a dig at him Turn to Page 4 $R&&$ & *! & !!+ , Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar, at his residence here. welcomed the Supreme Court ?< crimination of class or religion & && nationwide security alert Shah also spoke to a few verdict and appealed to the and the way people have Awas sounded in the wake Chief Ministers, including UP oth the BJP and the people to respect the judgment. ttar Peradesh Chief accepted it is praiseworthy. of the Ayodhya land dispute CM Yogi Adityanath and BCongress hailed the ruling Turn to Page 4 UMinister Yogi Adityanath “The way the five judges judgment amid a common Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal of the Supreme Court that on Saturday welcomed the have given this verdict unani- refrain from both the sides to Nath, to take stock of the situ- paved the way for the con- ! " Supreme Court verdict on mously and the way people erming the Ayodhya ver- maintain peace and law & ation in their respective States struction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya issue, saying it proved have accepted it, shows that we Tdict as a golden chapter in order. Intensive patrolling was and asked them to ensure that the disputed site in Ayodhya Q R the strength of India’s consti- can take the biggest decisions the history of judiciary, Prime conducted by respective police police and the administration and simultaneously the deci- tutional system and democra- in most difficult circumstances Minister Narendra Modi on forces in the States, especially remain alert and no untoward sion to allot an alternative five- New Delhi: Crusaders of the cy and urged people to main- by keeping each other’s trust Saturday urged all sections of in the sensitive areas. The incident takes place. acre plot for construction of a Ram Janmabhoomi movement tain peace and harmony. and within the constitutional society to accept the historic police also kept a vigil on var- Section 144 of the CrPC new mosque in the holy town in Ayodhya — Lal Krishna The chief minister said boundary,” the chief minister verdict with an open heart. credo of unity in diversity is ious social media platforms by was imposed in the States as a in Uttar Pradesh. The Left Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, those who love the country said. He said when he visited Addressing the nation, the today visible in its totality.