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Resolve Differences To Settle Ayodhya Dispute: Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath said the apex court’s suggestion of an out-of-court settlement “is a welcome step”.



BJP member Yogi Adityanath (now Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister) speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Tuesday (Photo: PTI)
BJP member Yogi Adityanath (now Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister) speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Tuesday (Photo: PTI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's suggestion of an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute and said aggrieved parties must sit together to resolve it. Terming the apex court's observation as a solid one, Adityanath said "it is a welcome step”.

"We welcome this and both sides should sit to resolve the differences and find a way out. Whatever cooperation they required from the state government, we will do that," the chief minister told reporters outside the Parliament.

The construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya had also featured in the BJP's manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Adityanath's remarks came in the backdrop of Supreme Court's observation on Tuesday that the Ayodhya temple dispute is a sensitive and sentimental issue as it asked all parties concerned to sit together to find a solution to the controversial matter.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said that such religious issues can be solved through negotiations. Earlier in the day, the BJP also welcomed the apex court's observation and said all aggrieved parties should keep in mind the matter's sensitivity while discussing it.