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Tension mounts around Babri verdict in UP New Delhi, August 25 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court last month reserved its judgment on the title suit (ownership) of the controversial site in Ayodhya, where the Babri mosque was demolished in 1992. The order is expected any day since one of the judges is due to retire by the middle of September. Tension is building up in Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister Mayawati has asked the Centre to provide 400 companies of paramilitary forces to deal with the possible law and order situation. While the judiciary had tried very hard to persuade the parties to arrive at an out-of-court settlement, the efforts were not successful. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday chaired a high-powered meeting to take stock of the situation that might arise out of the verdict, which is obviously going to favour one of the two parties. It was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon.Hardcore Hindu and Muslim organsiations have started raising the pitch. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s sister-organsiation, Hanuman Shakti Jagran Samiti, has started organising ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ events and conducting ‘pledges’ for the construction of a temple and distributing ‘prasad’, like they did before they demolished the mosque. The All-India Babri Masjid Action Committee chairman, Javed Habib, recalled that the Supreme Court in 1994 had advised an out-of-court settlement of the 60-year-old dispute, which worsened after the demolition of the Babri Masjid structure by the ‘kar sewaks’ of several Hindu organisations and workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party on December 6, 1992. The incident had led to communal riots in many states and terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Before reserving its judgment on July 26, the Special Bench met counsel for both sides separately in their chambers to suggest an out-of-court settlement.
Nov 2004: A court in UP rules that an earlier order that exonerated Advani in the case be reviewed. June 2009: Liberhan Commission submits its probe 17 years after it began its inquiry. Its contents are not made public.
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