'AIMPLB didn't fight for mosque but to reap political benefits', says Manoj Tiwari

On Monday, November 18, The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari opined the All India Muslim Personal Law Board's (AIMPLB's) statements after the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya land dispute case should not be given much importance as it was being done by the organisation to grab the limelight.

Speaking to the media Manoj Tiwari said, "They never fought for rebuilding the mosque, they fought for ulterior motives, for reaping political benefits. Now that the issue has been resolved they have nothing to be in the limelight, their only motive is to spread hate in the country and therefore there is no need to pay any attention to them."

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AIMPLB decision on review

Earlier, rejecting the Supreme Court's offer of alternate land of 5 acres to build a mosque, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday stated that the offer will not heal the wounds caused to the community, in a press conference in Lucknow. The board added that by rejecting the offer, they were not in contempt of the apex court's order. The board also stated that building the mosque in an alternate location was not permissible according to Islamic Law.

On Sunday, AIMPLB member Zafaryab Jilani had announced the decision to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute suit. "We will file the review petition in the Supreme Court and we will not also accept the 5 acres of land to be given to us on the direction of the apex court, as it is against Sharia," Jilani told media persons in Lucknow.

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Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict

Pronouncing the landmark judgment in the Ayodhya dispute case, the Supreme Court on Saturday, delivered a unanimous judgment in the title suit of the disputed area awarding it to the Hindu parties for the construction of a temple. It also directed the Centre to come up with a scheme within three months to set up a trust which will hand over the outer courtyard and inner courtyard of the site for construction of a temple. 

Apart from this, the SC stated that an alternate land of 5 acres is to be allotted to Muslims for the liberty of constructing a mosque, either by the central govt or the State govt, in a suitable and prominent place in Ayodhya. CJI Ranjan Gogoi, while delivering the unanimous judgment, dismissed the claims of the Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Nirmohi Akhara. He also termed that the three-way division of the disputed land by the Allahabad HC in its 2010 verdict is wrong.

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(with ANI inputs)