Babri Masjid: Sunni Waqf board puts conditions to withdraw claim

New Delhi: In a surprise development, Sunni Waqf Board- the primary Muslim litigant in the title dispute case has offered to drop its claim on Babri Masjid land with few conditions, a source told  Muslim Mirror.
Conditions Outlining its three conditions, the Waqf Board wants the UP government to rebuild 22 mosques lying in a dilapidated condition, strict implementation of the Places of Religious Worship Act 1991, and allowing Muslims to pray in all mosques under the central government’s Archaeological Survey of India.
However, this offer would not impact the proceedings before the court.
Sunni Waqf Board, which had filed a suit for ownership of the structure in 1961.
It is in not immediately clear what riders the Sunni Waqf Board has attached to its settlement proposal, which has apparently been submitted via the three-member mediation panel that the court had set up earlier this year.
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board had earlier denied reports that it was diluting its stand in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case. It had said it “unequivocally affirms its full faith in the ability and competence” of senior counsel Rajeev Dhawan, who is arguing for the Muslim side.