New Delhi, Feb 13: Mohd Aslam Bhure, on whose petition the Supreme Court had last year stayed any kind of religious activities in both disputed and undisputed land in Ayodhya, today filed an application before the court opposing Centre's plea for vacating the stay on the religious activities on the undisputed land. In his application, Bhure said that the apex court in 1994 while upholding the acquisition of disputed land had made it clear that "it cannot be used for any anti-secular purpose". He contended that government's submission that the apex court order of March 13 last year has become infructuous was not correct.
On the contrary, he said, the situation was becoming "serious and tense" due to provocative utterances of VHP leaders.
Requesting the court to reject Centre's plea, the petitioner drew the court's attention to VHP leaders Praveen Togadia's warning to the government to face "peoples' agitation" if the acquired land was not handed over to VHP for temple construction.
Bhure alleged that the VHP leaders have been emboldened by the Centre's move to vacate the Supreme Court stay on the religious activities on the undisputed land and they (VHP) have started rushing in fresh stocks of building materials to their workshops in Ayodhya.
Bhure's application will come up for hearing on February 21 before a bench headed by chief justice V N Khare along with Centre's plea for vacating the apex court order banning any kind of religious activities in the undisputed land.

Bureau Report