New Delhi: The Ayodhya dispute has existed almost as long as independent India itself. The Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi dispute is a religious and political conflict. The groups of Hindu organization claim that mosque was built after demolishing the temple and also the site to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity i.e. Ram whereas Muslim claims that the mosque was never built after the demolition of the temples.
The legal battle between Hindus and Muslims in Ayodhya began in 1949 as a title dispute. By the 1980s, the case had shot to the center stage, riding a wave of identity politics. In the early 1990s, the dispute gained popular support and took the shape of a movement, which culminated in the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
The political leadership shifted the matter into the courts' realm. But the cases have been dragging for 25 years. In 2010, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court delivered a judgment, but the parties involved appealed against it in the Supreme Court.
On 6 December 1992, the VHP and the BJP organized a rally at the site involving 150,000 volunteers, known as kar sevaks. The rally turned violent, and the crowd overwhelmed security forces and tore down the mosque.
On this issue, the political expert Sharad Gupta said that by 1992 the country was divided into two parts, one was in support of Babri Masjid and the other was in favor of Ram Mandir. After the demolition of the Babri Masjid, there were major changes in the country's politics. The government of the then Chief Minister Kalyan Singh was dismissed. Along with this, three other BJP-led state governments were also dismissed in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal, and Rajasthan.
"Even in today's times, these communal issues are raised during the elections for the vote bank. If we look at the present times, all the anti-temple political parties in Uttar Pradesh are weakened. As per the country's situation, it can be said that the BJP will be benefited by the Supreme Court verdict," Sharad Gupta said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday concluded hearing the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya after a marathon 40 days of arguments and reserved the judgment.
