Ayodhya DM hands over Masjid land to Sunni Waqf Board
| Date :04-Aug-2020 |
AYODHYA,
AS the countdown for the grand ceremony of ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the construction of the Ram temple began, Ayodhya District Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha handed over the five acre land to the Sunni Waqf Board at Dhannipur village in Faizabad, as mandated by the Supreme Court in lieu of the Babri mosque. A delegation of the newly formed Masjid Trust -- Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation led by its president Zufar Faruqi and the Board’s Chief Executive Officer Sayyad Mohammad Shoib met Ayodhya DM Anuj Kumar Jha at the latter’s residence. Talking to IANS, Board CEO Shoib said, “Today the district magistrate formally handed over the possession of land for the mosque to the Trust members. He handed over the certified copy of revenue record (Khatauni).”
The Supreme Court in its verdict of November 9, 2019, mandated a five acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board at a prominent place in Ayodhya. In February 2020, the Uttar Pradesh Government announced the allotment of land at Dhannipur village in Sadar Tahsil of Faizabad in District Ayodhya about 25 kilometres away from Ram Janmabhoomi. On July 29, 2020, the Sunni Waqf Board announced a nine-member trust that will take up the job of building the mosque, however the Board will include six more trustees later. Board CEO Shoib said the members of the trust will meet soon and decide on the further course of action.
Advani, Joshi may join ‘bhoomi pujan’ through video-conferencing
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI/AYODHYA,
SENIOR BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are likely to join the ‘bhoomi pujan’ of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5 through video conferencing due to health conditions, sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5. Uddhav unlikely to attend ‘bhoomi pujan’: MAHARASHTRA Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is unlikely to visit Ayodhya for the ‘bhoomi pujan’ for Ram temple construction there on August 5 owing to the serious COVID-19 situation in the Uttar Pradesh town, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut indicated. “It is important that the PM is going.
The Chief Minister (Thackeray) can go there anytime, Raut told reporters here while extending good wishes for the ceremony. Raut reiterated the Shiv Senas contribution in the Ram temple construction campaign, and said the party has given Rs one crore for the purpose of building the temple.
“The outbreak of COVID-19 in Ayodhya and surrounding areas is a matter of concern... Uttar Pradesh’s Minister Kamal Rani (Varun) lost life (due to the disease), while three other ministers are infected,” Raut said. Uma Bharti opts out of ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony: SENIOR BJP leader Uma Bharti has asked the senior officials of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and PMO to remove her name from the list of invitees for the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5.
Taking to Twitter, Uma Bharti said that she is concerned about the health of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others who will be attending the mega event at Ayodhya, amid the Corona pandemic. She wrote that she is concerned after getting the news of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and few others from the party having also tested positive for COVID-19. “There is a possibility that I might come in contact with an infected person. In such a situation, I have decided to maintain a distance from Prime Minister Modi and other attendees. I will offer prayers to Ram Lalla once the event is over,” she tweeted in Hindi.