The Hindu-Muslim amity remained intact during the recent Ayodhya verdict but it is the representatives of the two communities who are squabbling among themselves regarding the post-verdict activities.
While the Central Sunni Waqf Board has stated that it would file an appeal in the Supreme Court, challenging the high court verdict, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) maintains that any decision in this regard would be taken after the October 16 working committee meeting in Lucknow.
“I am working on the appeal and we will file it in the next one month,” Zafaryab Jilani, counsel for the Central Sunni Waqf Board told reporters. The AIMPLB spokesman refused to comment on this but said that the working committee meeting in Lucknow would decide on the future course of action.
Mohammad Hashim Ansari, a plaintiff in the title suit, on the other hand said on Tuesday that the Ayodhya issue would be resolved in Ayodhya itself. “There is no need for any outsider to meddle in the issue. We are capable of resolving it ourselves,’ he said. However, he added that he would forward his proposal for solution to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board for a decision too.
In Lucknow, the Forum for Peace and Unity, a body of Muslim intellectuals, urged Muslims to pave way for the amicable solution of the Ayodhya issue.
The forum said that the criminal case against those responsible for demolition of the disputed structure was already underway in Rae Bareli court.
Forum president Maulana Zahir Ahmed Siddiqui said the going to the Supreme Court would only prolong the issue and Muslims should now respect the verdict, as promised earlier.
Among the Hindus, it is the All India Hindu Mahasabha that has opposed the initiative for an amicable solution to the Ayodhya title suit and said that they will not accept the trifurcation of the disputed land.
The UP president of the Hindu Mahasabha, Kamlesh Tiwari, said that the Mahasabha, a party in the case, would soon challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court.