BJP leader questions Ayodhya petitioner’s motive
September 23rd, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday questioned the intention of Ram Chandra Tripathi, whose petition was considered by the Supreme Court to defer by a week the Ayodhya verdict by the Allahabad High Court.
“The high court tried for reconciliation, but this man (Tripathi) had not appeared then. Maybe someone is playing some game in the name of Commonwealth Games,” Prasad told NDTV news channel.
“How can a stranger who is a non-serious party disrupt it,” said Prasad, adding that he was not speaking as a BJP spokesperson but as a senior lawyer.
“He never appeared in the course of arguments in the high court,” Prasad said.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court was due to deliver its verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute Sep 24, Friday.
S.Q.R. Illyas of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said he was disappointed at deferment of the verdict.
“This is very unfortunate. The people were waiting for the judgment (Friday),” he said.
Sunni Central Waqf Board counsel Zafaryab Jilani told a TV channel from Lucknow: “I don’t think there is any chance of reconciliation.”
He said Tripathi is an insignificant person in the Ayodhya case. “He is not at all a serious player,” Jilani said.
He, however, said everyone has to respect the Supreme Court order.
“It is an order. We have to respect it,” Jilani said.
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