[Marxistindia] Ayodhya: Let the Trust do its Job

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 3, 2020
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Ayodhya: Let the Trust do its Job
 
The CPI(M) had all through maintained that the Ayodhya dispute must be
resolved either through a mutually acceptable negotiated agreement between
the contending parties, or, through a court verdict.  The Supreme Court had
given its verdict and paved the way for the construction of the temple.
However, this construction was directed to be undertaken by a Trust.  The
takeover of the bhumi pujan ceremony at Ayodhya by the UP administration
along with the Central government involvement at the highest level of the
Prime Minister goes against both the Supreme Court verdict and the letter
and spirit of the Constitution of India.
 
The Supreme Court verdict also condemned the December 6, 1992 demolition of
the Babri Masjid describing it as a criminal act. Far from punishing those
guilty, the involvement of the Central/state governments must not provide
retrospective legitimization for this destruction. 
 
Covid-19 pandemic is raging across the country. The preventive protocol
stipulated by the Union Home Ministry rules out religious gatherings.
Reports of priests and policemen deployed in Ayodhya testing Covid positive
only highlights the risks to human lives. 
 
We appeal to the people of India to uphold the Constitutional principles of
secularism and justice, strictly adhere to the pandemic preventive protocol
precautions and not permit the people's religious sentiments to be exploited
for partisan political purposes. 
 
 
 
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