Ayodhya dispute: Shia board chief meets Akhahra Parisad president

AYODHYA: A late entrant to join efforts to find an amicable solution to the vexed Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, UP Shia Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi, on Sunday visited Ayodha to meet some key players from both Hindu and Muslim sides. However, one of the original litigants from the Muslim side quit the meeting midway. Now, Rizvi will hold another round of meetings in Allahabad on Monday.
In Ayodhya, Rizvi had a joint meeting with All India Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri, senior VHP leader and president of Ramjanambhoomi Nays, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Digambar Akhara’s Mahant Suresh Das and Mahant Dharam Das of Hanumangarhi temple. However, Iqbal Ansari, the son of the original appellants in the title suit Hashim Ansari, who was also part of the meeting, left it midway while the counsel for Nirmohi Akhara also rejected the negotiation talks.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Mahant Narendra Giri said, “We are trying for the peaceful settlement in Ayodhya dispute.” On the issue of constructing a Masjid along with the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya to pacify the sentiments of Muslims, Giri said “We will not accept any mosque in Ayodhya”
After leaving the meeting midway, Iqbal Ansari said formula that of Waseem Rizvi was not acceptable, adding “We don’t need him for negotiations. For peaceful solution of Mandir-Masjid dispute, we will talk to local sadhus and mahants of Ayodhya, we don’t need any outsider. Rizvi is trying to save himself from different enquiries going on against him for illegal selling of Shia Waqf properties”
Nirmohi Akhara counsel Ranjeet Lal Varma said: “Now at this point, negotiation is to be done between decree holders , awarded by high court through its verdict 2011 , by distributing the Babri land between Nirmohi Akhara , Sunni Central Waqf Board and Ram Lalla Virajman.”
Swami Chakrapani, President of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha and appelannt in Supreme Court in the title dispute, said: “Nobody is talking to original appellants in the Supreme Court. Many people are attempting to act as negotiators but this is all for media and publicity.”