Ayodhya, October 06: The oldest litigant in the Ayodhya title suit case, Mohammad Hashim Ansari has claimed threat to his life, saying people playing politics over the issue were plotting to kill him.
“When I started to talk about peace with Mahant Gyandas Ansari (president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad) those doing politics on this issue felt their shops will get closed and they are issuing threats and plotting to eliminate me,” Ansari claimed.
The 90-year-old maintained that he started exploring possibilities of an amicable solution only after the consent of the Sunni Central Waqf Board, a claim denied by the Board.
Ansari said that if the issue could be sorted out through talks, it should be done.
“If the issue could be sorted out through talks today, tomorrow or two months, it should be done. After all we have three months time,” he said.
–PTI