New Delhi: The All India Babri Masjid Reconstruction Committee (AIBMRC) on March
17 demanded an immediate ban on (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) VHP and Bajrang Dal
for "repeatedly violating Supreme Court orders" and handing over of the entire
acquired land in Ayodhya to the Army.
"After demolishing the Babri mosque and performing pooja last October by encroaching
into the disputed area, the VHP is continuing with its threats to go ahead with
temple construction despite the apex court order to maintain status quo," AIBMRC
President Younus Siddhiqui told reporters on March 17 after submitting a memorandum
to President K R Narayanan to this effect.
Demanding an immediate ban on VHP and Bajrang Dal and arrest of all its leaders,
Siddhiqui said the entire acquired land at Ayodhya should also be handed over to the
Army to "dispel apprehensions in the minds of the minorities".
As a solution to the vexed issue, Siddhiqui suggested that the 24 acres of land
including the area where the masjid stood be handed over to Muslims, and the
remaining be given to the VHP for simultaneous construction of a mosque and a temple
at the acquired site.
The AIBMRC would welcome whatever the judgement on the title suit is, "even if it is
favour of a temple", he said.
On the VHP view that Government, by sending a PMO official to accept the shilas had
agreed in principle to the demand for a Ram Temple at Ayodhya, AIBMRC said, "the
pattern of events makes one believe so".
Meanwhile, the Nationalist Congress Party also demanded immediate ban on
Sangh Parivar outfits VHP, Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), charging that the ruling BJP was in "collusion" with these
organisations.
NCP General Secretary Tariq Anwar, in a statement, condemned VHP's
attack on Orissa Assembly on March 16 and said, "I do not understand why
the Centre is watching their activity as a mute spectator. This only
shows that the BJP is in collusion with these organisations."
When the government can ban SIMI, it can also act against VHP, Bajrang
Dal and RSS, he said.
PTI
