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Congress to oppose any legislation to resolve Ayodhya issue
New Delhi, June 16: Congress today said it would oppose any legislation by parliament to resolve Ayodhya issue saying it was neither politically `desirable` nor legally `sustainable`.
New Delhi, June 16: Congress today said it would oppose any legislation by parliament to resolve Ayodhya issue saying it was neither politically "desirable" nor legally "sustainable".
"We have maintained and will continue to maintain that Ayodhya dispute cannot be settled through legislation by parliament. This is neither politically desirable nor legally sustainable," party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters here.
While the party was not opposed to talks on resolving the issue, he said: "We are of the view that it will be of little help".
A solution to the dispute was possible only through judiciary, Reddy said.
On enactment of legislation to resolve the issue, he said parliament makes laws on economic well being of the people and "not on partisan religious disputes. Law cannot be made in the interest of any particular community."
In the Shah Bano case, he said, the conflict was within the community and not between two religious communities.
Asked whether Congress had given any advice to Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati in resolving the Ayodhya tangle, he said: "'We do not give advice to religious leaders. They are free to work as they like."
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While the party was not opposed to talks on resolving the issue, he said: "We are of the view that it will be of little help".
A solution to the dispute was possible only through judiciary, Reddy said.
On enactment of legislation to resolve the issue, he said parliament makes laws on economic well being of the people and "not on partisan religious disputes. Law cannot be made in the interest of any particular community."
In the Shah Bano case, he said, the conflict was within the community and not between two religious communities.
Asked whether Congress had given any advice to Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati in resolving the Ayodhya tangle, he said: "'We do not give advice to religious leaders. They are free to work as they like."
Bureau Report