CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On 6 December 1992 the VHP and the BJP organised a rally at the site involving 150, 000 people. The rally turned violent, and the crowd overwhelmed security forces and tore down the mosque. A subsequent inquiry into the incident found 68 people responsible, including several leaders of the BJP and the VHP.

Detailed explanation-2: -1980s-2000: Babri Demolition On December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid was demolished by a mob of ‘kar sevaks’ in culmination of BJP’s Rath Yatra. Several BJP leaders were accused in the demolition case which led to violent Hindu-Muslim clashes across the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -While the first police complaint in the Ayodhya dispute dates back to 1858 and first cases were filed in 1885, the main thrust to the Ram Mandir movement came in 1989 when the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) did a ‘shilanyas’-foundation stone-laying-at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site.

Detailed explanation-4: -Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992. The Supreme Court in 2019 ordered the construction of a Ram temple on the disputed site and directed that five acres be allotted for building a mosque elsewhere in Ayodhya.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Supreme Court in a unanimous verdict on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.