Criticising the government’s petition in the Supreme Court, seeking permission to return the excess land around the disputed Ayodhya site to its original owners, the CPI (M) said the move was to appease the Sangh Parivar which has been demanding immediate construction of the Ram temple.
“It (government) wants to hand over this land to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas that had been set up by the VHP to undertake the construction of the Ram temple on the site,” the CPI (M) Polit Bureau said in a statement here. It is a devious attempt by the BJP government to pre-empt the Supreme Court judgement, the party said.
In 1993, the Supreme Court had ordered that the status quo be maintained on 67 acres of land that had been acquired. The Centre now claims that only 0.313 acres is actually disputed.
“This move by the Centre is clearly aimed at appeasing the Sangh Parivar which is demanding immediate construction of the temple at all costs. Obviously, all these moves are being orchestrated keeping the impending Lok Sabha election in mind,” the CPI (M) said.
