AYODHYA-LD AIMPLB 2

The Board members termed as the ongoing efforts being
made by the oldest litigant in the case Hasim Ansari for an
out-of-court settlement is in his individual capacity and not
on behalf of the body.
Admitting that some of the members who had earlier voiced
their opinion in favour of a negotiated settlement did raise
their views in the meeting, as is done in any other democratic
set up, the members said after Saturday's decision all would
abide by it.
"Whatever proposals different people have would be placed
before the board and it would consider it.
"The court verdict had gone against the basic tenets of
secularism as it had given preference to faith over law and
"hard facts," they said.
On when the appeal will be moved in the Supreme Court,
senior counsel for the Sunni Central Waqf Board, Zafaryab
Jilani said that it would be done soon.
"We have not been sitting idle for the past 15 days... we
are yet to get a certified copy of the verdict and it might
take 15 more days after that," Jilani, also an AIMPLB member,
said.
To a question, Jilani said the evidences presented in the
High court by the Sunni Central Waqf Board were adequate to
establish its claim over the land and they would be put forth
before the apex court also.
"We have no new evidence to present in the apex court as
of now... if we get more facts we would present it," Jilani
said, adding that the evidences presented by him in the
high court have either been rejected, overlooked or
misinterpreted.
On the ASI report on the excavations carried out at the
disputed site in Ayodhya in north India, Jilani said that
there was not a single line to prove the opposite parties'
claim over the land.
When asked whether the board was averse to co-existence
of temple and mosque, Qureshi said there were several such
examples of it in the country and cited the case of Hyderabad
in south India.
"Muslims have never had any objections to the side by
side presence of a temple and mosque... in Ayodhya also the
two had existed closely with both the communities performing
their rituals and it was a perfect example of co-existence,"
he said. (MORE) PTI