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Babri panel threatens to move SC to restrain VHP

"The committee has decided to adopt all constitutional and democratic means to thwart the VHP's plan," board's executive member Yusuf Hathim Muchala told reporters in Delhi.

The committee on Babri Masjid is the umbrella organisation of all Babri outfits, including the Babri Masjid Coordination Committee and Babri Masjid Action Committee.

Muchala said the VHP's demand for return of so-called undisputed land was 'illegal and the government has no power to concede the same'.

"The decision of the Supreme Court is unambiguous and clear in this regard and the government is bound to keep the acquired land in safe custody as the receiver till the court decided the title suit relating to the Babri masjid and the scheme described in the Ayodhya Requisition Act is implemented," he said.

"We want reconstruction of the mosque at the site where it stood," Muchala said adding the panel had an 'open mind' for a dialogue on the issue 'with the government, but not with the sangh parivar'.

PTI

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