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Jains demand presence of observer during excavation at Ayodhya
Jodhpur, Mar 11: A social organisation of Jains which has staked claim over the disputed land in Ayodhya, where the Archeaological Survey of India is undertaking excavation on a court`s order, today demanded that a representative of the Jains be allowed as observer while the excavation is on.
Jodhpur, Mar 11: A social organisation of Jains which
has staked claim over the disputed land in Ayodhya, where the
Archeaological Survey of India is undertaking excavation on a
court's order, today demanded that a representative of the
Jains be allowed as observer while the excavation is on.
A team of four representatives of Hindus, Muslims,
Buddhists and Jains should be formed and allowed to witness
the excavation by the ASI to ascertain if a temple existed on
the site where Babri Masjid was built, Jain Samta Vahini said
in a statement here.
The JSV said it remained aloof from the "ticklish issue
so far as it was being sought to be resolved by violent
means by certain quarters", but it decided to become a party in
the dispute when judiciary decided to find what lay beneath
the foundation of the disputed structure, National General
secretary of the JSV Praveen Kumbhat and organisational
General Secretary Sohan Mehta said in a joint statement.
Bureau Report