ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi slammed the timing of the Babri Mosque verdict saying the judgment on the inaugural day of Kartarpur Corridor was meaningful.
Qureshi said that the ruling by the Indian Supreme Court has reflected the bigoted ideology of the Modi-led government.
The foreign minister added that Muslims were already suppressed in India and the decision of the Indian top court would further increase pressure on them.
He said that Foreign Office will issue an official statement on the matter after reading the details of the verdict.
He further questioned why the verdict was announced today of all days. “The Indian Supreme Court after a long time announced the verdict today. Why did the Indian court announce the verdict today?”
The foreign minister said the decision coincided with the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor will exert more pressure on Muslim community.
He added that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was sowing the seeds of hatred with its divisive politics.
The Indian Supreme Court earlier today ruled the verdict on the Babri Mosque case that Hindus would get Ayodhya land and Muslims will be allotted an alternate piece of land.
A five-judge bench pronounced its unanimous judgment that was reserved last month on the decades-old Ayodhya case involving the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid.
The court ruled, “Muslims should not be deprived of a structure; they will get an alternative site for the masjid.”
The ruling further stated that the Indian government would formulate a scheme in three months to set up a board of trustees for the construction of a temple at the disputed structure.
Hindu extremists destroyed the historic mosque in 1992 triggering massive riots in India. The violence left tens of hundreds of people dead.
For over a century, Hindus and Muslims have been in a tussle over the Babri mosque in Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Hindus claim the mosque was the birthplace of Lord Ram and was built after the destruction of a temple by Muslim invader Babur in 1528.
On the other hand, Muslims say they offered prayers at the mosque until December 1949, when some idols of Lord Ram were placed in the mosque.
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