Ayodhya dispute is over, will attend puja: litigant
The HinduIqbal Ansari, who was a litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute case, has decided to gift a ‘Ram nami’ stole and a copy of the Ramcharitmanas to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he attends the bhoomi pujan ceremony for the Ram temple here on Wednesday. His father Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute case, died at the age of 95 in 2016 after which the son started pursuing the case in court. I think it is Lord Ram’s will that I attend it.” School, hospital When asked what he would have done had the court decided the case in his favour, Mr. Ansari said he had wanted the construction of a school and a hospital on the disputed land. The Supreme Court had in November last year paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site of the Babri Masjid’s demolition in Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot an alternative five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a “prominent” place in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh.