Neither a victory nor a defeat- High Court in India gives verdict in the Ayodhya issue The verdict on the Ayodhya dispute is out. But what can you say about a verdict that leaves no winner and no loser, and that too on an issue that has claimed thousands of lives and is as old as independent India itself.
Modern day India has nothing to do with Hindu extremists- these are voices your hear from across the border as the decision dividing the of the site of 16 century Babri mosque between Hindus , Muslims and a Sikh sect in the ratio of 1/3rd each was flashed upon tv screens . Among them is renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar. He denies that urban Indians are affected by this verdict in any way or even that they care at all.
But we know for a fact that an appeal asking for the verdict to be delayed until the controversial Commonwealth games got over was rejected by the Supreme Court in India and also Bollywood movie Anjaana Anjaani ‘s release was delayed so as not to coincide with this ruling. Also, Indians working in the MNCs have been receiving and forwarding text messages to brace up for the aftermath of whatever the court announces.
Probably this is one of the many reasons why the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has played it safe. Status quo for the next three months and everyone in India pretty sure of appeals going to be filed against the decision, the responsibility now lies with the Supreme court to give a decision that would prevent violence from erupting in the biggest secular power in the world where around 60% of communal skirmishes took place post 1992, when the mosque was demolished.
The test of India’s secular soul continues and so does of the political acumen of Congress. The result is still to come out. Till that time, Muslims and others need to live under security, for the saffron extremists could strike any time and that is what neutral forces in India fear the most.
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