PM Modi addresses nation after Ayodhya verdict

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 09,2019: The Prime Minister addressed the nation said in a televised address to the nation hours after the Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, Hindustan Times reported.

 

The verdict, which settles a fractious issue that dates back to more than a century, backed the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya by a trust set up by the government, and ordered that an alternative five-acre plot be given for a mosque in the ancient city of Ayodhya.

The ruling by a five-judge bench was preceded by appeals for calm by top religious and political leaders. Thousands of policemen were also deployed by state governments - 4,000 rushed to Uttar Pradesh by the Centre - to prevent miscreants from creating trouble.

PM Modi’s appeals for communal harmony were matched by other political parties including the opposition led by Congress. In a statement after the verdict, the Congress Working Committee, the party’s top policy-making body, said it was everyone’s responsibility to “reaffirm the tradition of mutual respect and unity among all that has defined our society through the ages”.