Mahasabha opposes 5-acre land to Muslims

New Delhi, December 9

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha today moved the Supreme Court, seeking a review of its November 9 direction to allot five acres to the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board for building a mosque in Ayodhya.

The Mahasabha, a litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute, sought a “limited review” of the top court’s verdict, becoming the first Hindu body to file a review petition in the case.

Another petition jointly filed by 40 persons, including historian Irfan Habib, economist Prabhat Patnaik, Harsh Mander, Nandini Sundar and John Dayal, sought review of the Ayodhya verdict, contending the judgment, which paved the way for construction of Ram Temple, “errs in both fact and law”. The Mahasabha said the findings recorded by SC, “terming the disputed structure as mosque, is against the evidence and material on record”. — TNS