Ayodhya, Mar 13: Excavation work at the disputed site here to ascertain whether a temple existed beneath the demolished structure continued for the second day today even as scores of Sangh Parivar activists shouted pro-temple slogans at the complex.
The excavation by an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team, as per the orders of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, began at 1000 hours in the presence of counsel and nominees of the contesting parties though prominent persons Zafaryab Jilini of the Sunni Central Waqf Board and Champat Rai of VHP, who were present yesterday, were conspicuous by their absence this morning.
Meanwhile, scores of RSS and VHP activists mostly from Sultanpur district, today descended at the RJN complex shouting slogans such as "Mandir Vahin Vanayenge" (we will construct temple at the disputed site). They later went inside and had darshan of Ram Lalla. Additional companies of CRPF and PSC have been deployed in the temple town to prevent any untoward incident particularly in view of Moharram on March 15. Bureau Report