The Hindu : 'Hindus will not accept verdict in Ayodhya case'

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Saturday, Aug 17, 2002

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'Hindus will not accept verdict in Ayodhya case'

NEW DELHI AUG.16. The Ram Janmabhoomi Movement leader, Avaidyanath, today said here that whatever the court's verdict on the Ayodhya issue, the Hindu society would not accept it as the temple construction issue was a matter of faith.

Deposing before the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry probing the December 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, Mahant Avaidyanath said: ``The court may give any verdict but Hindu society and karsevaks will not be able to accept it as this is a matter of faith for them. If the court says that a particular man is not your father, will a person who is considering the man his father since birth and addressing him so accept it? Similar is the case of the `Ram janmabhoomi'.''

He justified the demolition saying that Babar had forcibly demolished the original temple and constructed a mosque in its place. So if the strong Hindu society favoured demolition of the mosque by force and constructing a Ram temple in its place there was nothing wrong or illegal about it.

``It was not possible to demolish the structure so quickly with raw hands. There were some engineers and experts among the karsevaks who said that they should strike the lower wall of the disputed structure with the rods used for barricading.''

But Mahant Avaidyanath said that though a large number of policemen was present on the occasion, many of them after discarding their uniform joined in the demolition work and lost their jobs subsequently.

He claimed that many policemen also wanted the temple to be constructed.

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