New Delhi, September 28: Memories of the riots that followed the Babri Masjid’s demolition on December 6, 1992, have made the state government jittery as the The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the petition to defer the Allahabad High Court’s impending verdict on Ayodhya regarding the settling of the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit issue.
All parties to the Ayodhya title suit, except the Nirmohi Akhara, had opposed the plea of retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi seeking the verdict be postponed.
On January 16, 1950, one Gopalsingh Visharad filed a petition in Faizabad district court seeking rights for Hindus to visit their lord and offer pujas to Ramlala.
In a retaliating suit, the Babri Masjid side also filed a petition on February 21, 1950, claiming that the land should be handed over to Muslims because structure was built by Babar’s General Mir Banki in 1528.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) formed a committee to build Ram Temple at disputed place in Ayodhya in 1984. Later on February 1, 1986 during the regime of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the court granted permission that to door lock should be opened and Hindus could offer pujas at Babri masjid on a petition filed by one Umesh Chandra Pandey.
Babri Mosque was destroyed in 6th December 1992. This was the result of protests started by Hindutva Terrorists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bharatiya Janata Party regarding construction of Ram Mandir.
The riots of December 1992 and January 1993 were the worst ever in Mumbai’s history. Over 900 people died. The violence was followed by the serial bomb blasts of 1993, the worst ever terrorist attacks in India. They were masterminded by don Dawood Ibrahim and aided by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence.
Now the Allahabad Court will issue the date of verdict on this dispute.