Author: PTI
Publication: The Hindu
Date: May 12, 2003
The Centre today claimed before
the Liberhan Commission that the disputed site in Ayodhya was the birthplace
of Lord Rama and maintained that the only dispute was whether a temple
existed there before the construction of mosque.
"It is admitted by one and all that
the site in dispute is the Ram janamsthan (birthplace of Lord Rama). The
only dispute is whether there existed a temple which was demolished and
a mosque was built," Centre's counsel Lala Ram Gupta told the Commission
probing the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya on December
6, 1992.
Opening the final arguments, he
said it was also an undisputed fact that the structure was built by Mir
Baqi, an army commander of Mughal Emperor Babar in 1528.
However, it was clear that the disputed
site was the janamsthan. This was based on the revenue records and evidence
which has come up before the commission as well as the White Paper of the
Government on Ayodhya.
