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New Delhi: All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on August 31 announced that it would challenge the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) report on Ayodhya excavations, even as it declared that it would accept the court's final verdict "whatever it be."

Dubbing as "concocted and politically-motivated" the ASI report, which suggested that a temple existed beneath the demolished structure, Board president, Syed Mohammed Rabbe Nadvi told reporters, "There is no relation between the findings and interpretation of report.

"There is no reference regarding the findings of the Muslim period construction material like lime and glazed tiles, which were used for construction during the Islamic period and animal bones recovered from the site," he said.

"We will challenge this in the court. Whatever will be the court's final verdict will be acceptable to us," Nadvi said.

The Board president also said its first priority was to settle the issue through courts, but it was not averse to talks if there was a positive approach and the initiative is taken by right-thinking people.

Nadvi also expressed the hope that the new government in Uttar Pradesh would rectify the technical errors on the trial in Babri Masjid demolition case and ensure all accused in it were tried.

The ASI had submitted its report to the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on August 25 and objections if any are to be filed within six weeks. Nadvi also emphasised on respecting each other's views in a multi-cultural multi-linguistic country like India.

Nadvi said, "Our persons had been watching there when the excavations took place. We had been getting the report that nothing has been found to show that there was a temple."

"Some bricks were found but even those, they said, don't show that they are of the temple," he added.

PTI