 Kar Seva and Jathas of volunteers for the purpose would begin reaching Ayodhya well before 30th October 1990.
After prolonged conflict and tensions and the assurance of P.V. Narsimha Rao the then Prime Minister of the country, the different parries returned to negotiating table. The negotiations continued peacefully and suddenly without any rational cause the VHP withdrew from the negotiations and announced the Kar Seva would commence on 6th December 1992 and the temple would be constructed on the 2.77 acres of land, which had already been acquired by the B.J.P. Government of UP. However on December 6 instead of doing some construction work the Kar Sewaks demolished entire disputed structure quickly.
The position of the three parties to the dispute at present is:
- The Government is firm that either a compromising solution be reached or the judgement of the High Court would be enforced at all cost.
- Muslims claim the entire structure as their own and it should be handed over to them.
(3) The V.H.P. and other members of Sang Parivar remain adamant
on beginning construction of the temple any time without waiting for the court verdict
Those who are seeking to put up a temple at what they consider to be Lord Rama’s birth place and those who are seeking to restore the old dilapidated structure should just pause to consider whether their respective stands are so irreconcilable or contrary as is popularly assumed why can’t we have both the temple and the mosque back to back in spirit of accommodation and harmony.
How can there be a fight over the right to worship to God? After all those who pray to Allah the Merciful and those who worship to Rama as the incarnation of God are addressing themselves to the same God. They could have a code of conduct under which the prayer and the pooja will be in silence and not accompanied by loud musical instruments nor broadcast by loud speakers and so none would disturb the concentration of other paying homage to God.
Those who worship Rama should not mind the cry of Allah-O-Akbar, which only means God, is great. Similarly those who are performing prayer at the mosques should not take exception to others in the neighbourhood worshipping Ram.
Once this is realized there will be no quarrel at all. The Hindus and Muslims would rather join together and build a composite house of worship of universal faith, which will be open not only to Muslims and Hindus, but others also, come to pray. That will indeed be the fulfillments of King Akbar’s dream of a Common House of God or Vivekanand’s dream of an India that combines an Islamic classless society with vedantic soul.
There is really no ground for any conflict or difference of opinion if we rightly think of it.
Excavation of Disputed Site
Twenty-six men lined up at the gate of the Ram Janam Bhoomi Complex in Ayodhya on the morning of Wednesday, March 12, 2003 carrying shovels, knives, identity cards and slightly confused expressions. For a team apparently on the verge of uncovering history, they looked fairly innocuous and could easily have been labourers answering the roll call at the construction site next door.
Yet their work conditions in Ayodhya were anything but every day. A contingent of the Central Reserve Police force frisked them and inspected their cards. Onlookers and assorted media people gawked at them. What this; humble group was about to embark on could potentially define the future of Indian politics. They were part of the 52-foot soldiers contracted by the Archaeological survey of India to excavate the Ram Janam bhoomi Babrij Masjid area.
The three-domed disputed structure was, of course, demolished on December 6, 1992, and in its place sits a “makeshift temple”, from behind a barricade. The devout can worship the idol of Ram Lalla. The area immediately adjacent to the makeshift temple is covered by a bright shamiana. On the morning of March 12, behind the curtain, waiting for the ASFs hired workers was B. R. Mani, superintending archaeologist.
Mani heads a team of 14 including to consultants from Toja Vikas, the firm behind the r