Iqbal Ansari boycotts meeting of all litigants

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Iqbal Ansari boycotts meeting of all litigants

Sunday, 17 November 2019 | PNS | Lucknow

A day before the crucial meeting of All-India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday, the original litigant in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case, Iqbal Ansari, boycotted a meeting of all litigants from the mosque side.

The meeting was convened by AIMPLB secretary Zafaryab Jilani in Lucknow to ascertain the views of all parties from Muslim side on the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya issue and filing of a review petition in the apex court.

There were five litigants from the Muslim side in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit.

Another litigant, Haji Mahboob, was also not present in the meeting but he sent his representative.

Haji Mahboob had supported the efforts of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar for an out-of-court negotiated settlement to the dispute.

Representatives of the three other litigants were present in the meeting held at local Islamic seminary Nadwatul Uloom and they met AIMPLB general secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani.

Iqbal Ansari of Ayodhya said that for him the Ayodhya dispute had been settled and the issue stood closed for him. “I want peace and harmony to prevail in the country. I appeal to all litigants from Muslim side to accept the Supreme Court verdict and do nothing which could hurt peace and amity in the country.”

Iqbal Ansari is the son of Hashim Ansari, one of the oldest litigants in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit.

Ansari Senior was associated with the case since 1949, being among those arrested for breaching public order after idols of Lord Ram were placed in the mosque.

Born in Ayodhya, Ansari Senior died in 2016 and his son Iqbal Ansari became the petitioner after his death.

Meanwhile, the AIMPLB has convened an emergency meeting of its executive committee at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema in Lucknow on Sunday to decide the future course of action after the apex court’s verdict on Ayodhya dispute case.

The crucial meeting will decide whether or not to file a review petition in the Supreme Court over its verdict and should Muslims accept or refuse the five-acre land to be given for construction of a new mosque as per the Supreme Court verdict.

AIMPLB member, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali said in Lucknow on Saturday that most of the 51 executive members would take part in the meeting to discuss the Supreme Court verdict.

The meeting would be chaired by AIMPLB president Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadvi.

Earlier on Friday, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JuH), also a party in the case, had maintained that any alternative land for the mosque outside the acquired 67 acres was not acceptable to them. The JuH also suggested for filing of a review petition.

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