Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday allotted five acres of land in Ayodhya district to the Sunni Central Waqf Board as directed by the Supreme Court.
The land is in Dhannipur village in tehsil Sohawal in Ayodhya on the Lucknow highway, about 18 kilometres from the district headquarters, state government spokesperson Shrikant Sharma told reporters.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, the convener of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, Zafaryab Jilani has raised objections to the 5-acre land for the construction of the mosque in the Dhannipur village of Ayodhya district.
Talking exclusively to ETV Bharat, Jilani said that the Supreme Court had given 90 days, but the government made the announcement today because Delhi elections are just around the corner, there is a political advantage in it.
Rakesh Kumar Yadav, the head of Dhannipur Gram Sabha of Sohawal tehsil told ETV Bharat that the land given to the Sunni Waqf Board for the mosque will help in the development of the village. This will also create employment opportunities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Lok Sabha the formation of a trust to construct a Ram Temple in Ayodhya as directed by the Supreme Court in its landmark verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case on November 9 last year.
With Inputs from PTI
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