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Quiet moves on to break Ayodhya logjam
Lucknow, June 13: As political temperatures rise over the Ayodhya issue, quiet moves are being made to break the impasse with all India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) asking for proposals from the Centre`s interlocutor Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati to resolve the matter.
Lucknow, June 13: As political temperatures rise over the Ayodhya issue, quiet moves are being made to break the impasse with all India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) asking for proposals from the Centre's interlocutor Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati to resolve the matter.
The Seer, who was in the centre-stage last year during VHP's 'shila daan' programme in Ayodhya, made a quiet visit to Lucknow last Saturday and met AIMPLB president Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadvi and discussed the issue.
Though it was described as a courtesy call on the Maulana, who is not keeping well, sources said the two discussed how to break the logjam.
Board member Sajjad Nomani said the meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and Maulana Nadvi asked the Shankaracharya to present his proposal for resolving the Ayodhya issue in writing so that the board could take it up. He said Maulana Nadvi had told the pontiff that the board would welcome any solution that would ensure justice and peace in the country.
Nadvi also welcomed the Shankaracharya's gesture of initiating a direct dialogue with him, Nomani said.
Nomani rejected media reports that aimplb vice president maulana kalbe sadiq had resigned from the Babri sub-committee of the board over this meeting between Shankaracharya and the board president.
"There is no difference of opinion among the members over the stand on the Babri issue," he said, adding Kalbe had resigned in February last in view of pre-occupation with his studies and lecture series that have been keeping him away from the country for over six months a year. Kalbe, who has just returned from the US, said that he knew nothing about the meeting between Shankaracharya and Maulana Nadvi but endorsed "whatever decision" is taken by the AIMPLB president.
AIMPLB convenor S Q R Ilyaas said the board has so far taken no decision on Kalbe's resignation and wanted him to continue in the organisation.
Another member of the board, preferring anonymity, took umbrage at Kalbe's reported statement yesterday that he was prepared for unconditional talks with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to resolve the Ayodhya tangle.
The board is bound by its March 2000 decision that the mosque existed at the site before it was pulled down in December 1992 and no member is free to go against the board's decisions and negotiate on it individually, the member said. Bureau Report
Though it was described as a courtesy call on the Maulana, who is not keeping well, sources said the two discussed how to break the logjam.
Board member Sajjad Nomani said the meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and Maulana Nadvi asked the Shankaracharya to present his proposal for resolving the Ayodhya issue in writing so that the board could take it up. He said Maulana Nadvi had told the pontiff that the board would welcome any solution that would ensure justice and peace in the country.
Nadvi also welcomed the Shankaracharya's gesture of initiating a direct dialogue with him, Nomani said.
Nomani rejected media reports that aimplb vice president maulana kalbe sadiq had resigned from the Babri sub-committee of the board over this meeting between Shankaracharya and the board president.
"There is no difference of opinion among the members over the stand on the Babri issue," he said, adding Kalbe had resigned in February last in view of pre-occupation with his studies and lecture series that have been keeping him away from the country for over six months a year. Kalbe, who has just returned from the US, said that he knew nothing about the meeting between Shankaracharya and Maulana Nadvi but endorsed "whatever decision" is taken by the AIMPLB president.
AIMPLB convenor S Q R Ilyaas said the board has so far taken no decision on Kalbe's resignation and wanted him to continue in the organisation.
Another member of the board, preferring anonymity, took umbrage at Kalbe's reported statement yesterday that he was prepared for unconditional talks with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to resolve the Ayodhya tangle.
The board is bound by its March 2000 decision that the mosque existed at the site before it was pulled down in December 1992 and no member is free to go against the board's decisions and negotiate on it individually, the member said. Bureau Report