Mulayam Singh Yadav unhappy with Ayodhya verdict

Lucknow : Fromer Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party supreme Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expressed disappointment at the Ayodhya title suit verdict, stating that it was based more on faith than legalities.

The Uttar Pradesh Congress was quick to hit out at Yadav, asking him to refrain from comments that could vitiate the situation, which has remained peaceful so far.

Hitting out at the verdict, Yadav said, ?The verdict appears to be have been given more on the basis of faith and belief rather than on the basis of legalities and evidence.?

?I am firmly of the view that the court has somehow ignored or overlooked various legal issues and relied more on the faith and belief of people. This is not how a court should have acted,? he added.

The former chief minister went on to add, ?I am disappointed with the verdict, which does not appear to show any healthy signals for the country and the judiciary. I will not be surprised if it creates more complications rather than solving its problems.?

Praising the Sunni Central Waqf Board?s decision to challenge the high court judgment, he said: “I am confident the apex court will take a purely legal view and give a judgment without being influenced by extraneous considerations of faith and belief.”

Yadav maintained that the judgement will ?hut the sentiments? of the Muslims as they ?feel cheated?.

?I have always been of the view that a nation cannot be run on the basis of faith. It is the constitution and law that govern a nation,? he added.

Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Congress asked Yadav not to make comments that could lead to trouble and lash up popular sentiments.

?We request him (Mulayam) not to say anything which could spoil communal harmony and whatever has to be said should be in the Supreme Court,” Congress Legislature Party leader Pramod Tewari said.

Tewari said Yadav was disappointed with the verdict since it did not help him play communal politics.

Treading cautiously on the communal minefield, a three-member Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday (September 30) passed a verdict upholding the Hindu claim that the disputed site is the birthplace of Lord Rama but ruled that the land would be divided into three parts with one third going to the Muslims along with one third for the Hindus.

Rejecting the Sunni Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara?s title suit, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday said Hindu deity Lord Ram was born indeed on the disputed Ayodhya site, bringing a temporary closure on the 60-year-old dispute since the judgement can now be challenged in the Supreme Court.