Ayodhya issue: AIMPLB,Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha to move SC

He said the Mahasabha was firm on its stand not to allow division of the land in three parts.

The legal committee of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board also favoured approaching the Supreme Court against the verdict in the Ayodhya title suits.

The committee which held a four-hour meeting in New Delhi deliberated at length and recommended that Supreme court should be moved against the decision,AIMPLB sources said.

The committee’s recommendations would be taken up in the executive committee meeting of the Board in Lucknow slated for October 16,sources said.

“The 51 member executive committee meeting in Lucknow,later this month would decide whether the Board should back the Sunni Central Waqf Board which had been contesting the case from the Muslim side in the High Court or whether it (board) should get involved directly,” AIMPLB sources said.

The committee decided that a team of lawyers be constituted to study it thoroughly for preparing the ground work,sources said adding that it has also recommended hiring a senior Supreme court lawyer.

Former advocate general of Uttar Pradesh,SMA Kazmi was the special invitee in today’s meeting ,sources said adding that senior Supreme Court counsels Huzaifa Ahmedi and Shakeel Sayed and Allahabad High Court lawyer M A Qadir were among those who attended the meeting.

To a question,sources said that the committee did not encourage moves at resolving the issue through reconciliation.

The Mahasabha also said it would be ready for a discussion only on the condition that the Sunni Central Waqf Board withdraws its claim on the land.

“If they (Muslims) leave their claim then we will provide double land for the construction of the mosque,” the ABHM state president said.

“As of now no positive and meaningful effort is being made to find an amicable solution to the dispute,” he said.

The Sunni Waqf Board has already announced that it will move the apex court against the HC verdict.

The decision to move to SC was taken during an emergency meeting of the Waqf Board chaired by its president Zafar Ahmad Farooqui on October 5.

The Board is likely to file its appeal by the end of this month or early November.