BJP leader charged with criminal conspiracy in Ayodhya dispute
BJP leader charged with criminal conspiracy in Ayodhya dispute: Former BJP chief Lal Krishna Advani, veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi along with federal minister Uma Bharti were among those charged in the court on Tuesday, 30th, May, 2017.
The Trio denies making inflammatory speeches which had encouraged the Hindu mobs to tear down the Babri mosque at Ayodhya in 1992. Afterward the following riots resulted in the death of nearly 2,000 people.
According to the Hindus the mosque is the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram, they further claim that the mosque was built after the destruction of a Hindu temple by a Muslim invader in the 16th Century.
Conversely the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had always said that the destruction of the mosque was a planned event.
The special court was set up after a Supreme Court order in April has said that the three must face trial for their alleged role in the destruction of the mosque.
A day to day basis trial was set up as the court added that the trial must be completed within two years, the court had further added that “on no grounds, will it be adjourned“.
On Tuesday 30th, May, 2017, all three leaders appeared in court and were told that exemptions from personal appearance would not be allowed under “any circumstances“.
However, all the leaders were granted bail.
The case has been ongoing since the 2011, after setting aside a high court judgement which had allocated two-thirds of the disputed site to Hindu groups, and the remainder to Muslims.
The case which was held at Allahabad High Court in its ruling in 2010 addressed three major issues. It had said that the disputed spot was Lord Ram’s birthplace, the second issue was that the mosque had been built after the demolition of a temple and that it was not built in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
For the first time in a judicial ruling, it also said that the disputed site was the birthplace of the Hindu god.
Hindus want a temple built at the site, while Muslims want a new mosque.
Earlier this year, Chief Justice JS Khehar urged the two communities to settle the bitter dispute through negotiations and even offered to act as a mediator between the parties.
The case has already languished in India’s famously sluggish legal system for so long that most of the original petitioners have died.
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