No need to do politics over idols, Shivlinga found at Ayodhya temple site: Iqbal Ansari

Iqbal Ansari, a litigant from the Muslim side in the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid case said that there is no need to do politics over the remains found in Ayodhya at Ram temple construction site. He further said that these idols should be respected and preserved.

Ayodhya: Artefacts, idols of gods and goddesses, shivling and carvings on sandstone have been found during the land levelling work for Ram temple construction in the holy city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

Iqbal Ansari, a litigant from the Muslim side in the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid case in the Supreme Court said that these remains should be respected and Ram temple should be built soon where people can pray to get rid of Coronavirus.

In a press release, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has said that the work started on May 11, 2020. Since then many objects of archaeological importance like flowers made of stone, Kalash, Aamalak, Dorjamb, have been discovered during the land levelling work at the Ram Janmabhoomi premises here in Ayodhya.

Iqbal said, "there is no need to politicise it as India is rich in culture and heritage. All remains found in the Ram Janmabhoomi complex should be respected should be preserved safely."

Even the ASI findings had also established that there were remains of an ancient temple beneath the site where the disputed structure -- Babri Masjid -- was erected.

Land levelling work is being carried out here for the past ten days during which debris is being removed by the workers.

Under the supervision of Champat Rai, General Secretary of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust, the land levelling work was recently started at Ram Janmabhoomi after obtaining permission from district authorities.

In its historic ruling, the Supreme Court had on November 9 last year directed the Central government to hand over the site at Ayodhya for the construction of a temple and set up a trust for the same.

The apex court had further directed the government to give a suitable land measuring five acres to the Sunni Waqf Board.

As directed by the top court, the Narendra Modi government later constituted a 15-member Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust and seer Nritya Gopal Das was chosen as its president, VHP leader Champat Rai as the trust's general secretary and Swami Govind Dev Giri as treasurer along with other members.