The judgment vindicates my stand, says Tripathi

Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, the petitioner who had made a last ditch attempt to settle the Ayodhya dispute out-of-court, welcomed the judgment of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court.

Speaking through his counsel, Prashanth Chandra in Lucknow, he said that the verdict basically upholds the preamble of what the central government had said when it acquired the land around the disputed site in the first place.

He added that every effort has been made by the court to reach an amicable solution and it is not as though the court has completely disregarded the feelings of the Muslims.

The Union government, when it acquired land around the site had stated that there would be a temple, a mosque and a library.

This verdict is very much in that direction since it attempts to accommodate everyone, he said.

"When we sought for an out-of-court settlement, we had thought that an amicable solution would have been reached. At that point of time there were more persons who were opposing our claim," he said.

Tripathi felt that he is vindicated in this judgment for two reasons. First and foremost the larger picture of the judgment indicates that there can be an amicable solution to the dispute.

Secondly Tripathi was one of the applicants in this dispute who had challenged the claim of the Sunni Waqf Board on the title suit. He has won this case with the title suit against the board being dismissed.