Iqbal Ansari, a litigant in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land suit, was among the hundreds of residents of Ayodhya who lined the streets to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a chilly Saturday morning.
The first invitation card for the ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ of Ram temple was received by Iqbal Ansari, who was a litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute case.
PM Modi Visited Ayodhya On 30th December
PM Modi visited Ayodhya on Saturday during which he initiated a redeveloped rail route station and a recently constructed air terminal, other than establishing the groundwork stone of a huge number of different undertakings in Uttar Pradesh.
Who Is Iqbal Ansari
- The first invitation card for the ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ of Ram temple in Ayodhya was received by Iqbal Ansari, who was one of the litigants in the Ayodhya land dispute case.
- His father Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the land dispute case, died at the age of 95 in 2016, after which Iqbal started pursuing the case in court.
- Ansari considered it fortunate that Modi was visiting Ayodhya for darshan (a holy visit)
- Earlier, litigants Ansari, Haji Mahboob and Mohammad Umar categorically ruled out any out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute. At a meeting of local Muslims in Ayodhya, a resolution was passed stating that Muslims would not shift the mosque to any other site.
Iqbal Ansari Pelted Rose On Modiji
“He (Modi) has come to our place. He is our guest and our Prime Minister,” said Iqbal after he showered rose petals on Modi’s cavalcade as it passed the Paanji Tola area during his roadshow in the temple town.
On November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court backed the construction of a Ram temple by a government trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the Hindu holy town.