New Delhi, Oct. 1: A day after the Allahabad High Court’s verdict in the Ayodhya land title suits the Congress initiated an exercise to consolidate its support base among the minority community spread across north India.
The party said the verdict has not diluted the crime of demolition and the culpability of those involved and that the guilty should receive strict punishment. It also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of politicising the issue.
Meanwhile, endorsing the Congress view that the demolition of the mosque was a criminal act, the home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, deflected the the UP Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati’s attempt to put the onus of implementing the judgment on the Centre by claiming that the Central government has no role to play in the matter except to maintain status quo.
The home minister claimed the court verdict in no way justified what the Sangh Parivar did in 1992. “That act was completely unacceptable and it was an act done by people who took the law in their hands. That remains, in my view, a criminal act,” Mr Chidambaram said.
The AICC general secretary in-charge of the UP, Mr Digvijay Singh said, “The court’s decision does not dilute culpability in the demolition case. Those involved and found guilty should get strict punishment.”