Cong, BJP happy with SC?s refusal to defer Ayodhya verdict

New Delhi : The Supreme Court?s decision not to defer the verdict of the Ayodhya title suit on Tuesday was welcomed by India?s ruling Congress party as well as principle Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Expressing satisfaction at the apex court?s decision, Congress general secretary Janardha Dwivedi said, ?The time has now come for the judicial pronouncement.?

He said the Congress was happy with the Supreme Court?s go-ahead to the verdict and said everyone should respect the decision of the apex court.

BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the party welcomed the Supreme Court?s stand and said the BJP will look ahead for the verdict on the title suit.

?We ask the people of the country to maintain peace and calm. We are not anticipating anything, would like to wait for the Allahabad (High Court) verdict,? he said.

Javadekar added that the Supreme Court?s decision not to defer the judgement has lifted the unceratinity surrounding the issue.

A three-judge special bench of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice SH Kapadia, on Tuesday rejected a plea seeking a deferment of the Ayodhya verdict.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will now pronounce the verdict on the title suit at 3.30 pm on September 30.

The verdict on the 60- year-old Ayodhya title suit seeks to determine who owns the disputed land.

Over 2,000 people were killed in the riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid by Hindu kar sevaks on December 6, 1992, who claimed the Masjid was built after demolishing a Ram temple in 1528.