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India: Babri demolition a terrorist act but guilty unlikely to be punished
13-12-2009
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi
Jaipur, (TwoCircles): Renowned Ayodhya saint and head of Ayodhya Ki Awaaz, Jugal Kishore Shastri, has described the demolition of Babri Masjid as a terrorist act and demanded punishment to the guilty.
But he said he has no hope that all of those indicted by the Liberhan Commission will ever be punished as communalism is deeply rooted in the judiciary and executive.
Shastri was addressing press on reaching Jaipur today leading a peace and communal harmony yatra from Ayodhya. The yatra took off on 6th December, the 17th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition and will conclude in Ajmer on December 12.
We have taken out the yatra from Ayodhya – a city of common heritage and communal harmony to Ajmer -- the city of Sufi Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti -- the center from where the message of brotherhood, equality and humanity spread in the entire world. Yatra is spreading the message of equality, peace, brotherhood and humanity among people during its 1100 kms journey, Shastri said.
The yatra has passed through various districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. They include Lucknow, Kanpur, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Ferozabad, Agra, Bayana, Bharatpur and Dausa. They have held public meetings and distributed peace literature. “We have distributed more than 20000 booklets on peace and communal harmony in our journey,” said Arvind Murti, a yatri. Ayodhya Ki Awaaz, Asha Parivar and National Alliance of People’s Movement have jointly taken out the yatra.
When the peace yatra reached Ram Niwas Bagh in the heart of the Pink City of Jaipur people from all walks of life were already waiting there to welcome the yatris. They were offered flowers as show of solidarity and good wish. Prominent personalities of Jaipur who welcomed the yatris and made a brief round of the city with them included Er Muhammad Saleem, state chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Advocate Abdul Qayyum Akhtar, General Secretary, All India Milli Council, Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary, PUCL, and Abdul Lateef Arco, president, Dalit-Muslim Ekta Manch, Rajasthan.
Jugal Kishore Shashtri talked to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net on issues related to the Aman Yatra and Babri Masjid.
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