New Delhi, June 28: A Muslim organisation today suggested a "give-and-take" formula for resolution of the Ayodhya dispute, saying that Muslims could give up their claim on the disputed land if dalit Muslims were included in the scheduled castes category. "There can be no permanent solution of the Ayodhya issue till one of the two claimants withdraws its claim from the disputed site. Muslims can be brought to agree to withdraw their claim," president of the All India United Muslim Morcha (AIUMM) M Ejaz Ali told reporters here.

"But there can be no compromise till Article 341 is amended to remove the religious restriction on their inclusion in the scheduled caste category," Ali said.


He claimed that the "give-and-take" formula had been conceived on the basis of a public consensus, and the Muslim community was not averse to give up its claim on the disputed land.

"Eighty-five per cent of the Muslim population is living below poverty line and the literacy rate among them is a mere seven per cent. The root cause of their condition is the religious restriction on Article 341," Ali said.


"We met president A P J Abdul Kalam on April 23 and apprised him of the need to work out such a formula in which the plight of the Muslim community is also considered," he said.
Ali said that the demands were well within the powers of the Centre.
Bureau Report