Ideas on the Utilisation of Babri Masjid Site
Some friends have suggested that neither a Masjid nor a Mandir should be built on the disputed site. This suggestion is not old. Kanshi Ram had once suggested the construction of public toilets over the site. Others had spoken of building a multi-faith shrine or a Museum. All these constitute subversion of the judicial system. Will they give up their title to their own houses in similar circumstances? The Supreme Court has already drawn up a road map for the utilization of the Acquired Area. If the Masjid was wrongfully demolished in 1992, it must be rebuilt under the law. On the other hand, no civilized state has a law for rewriting history and reconstructing ancient sites, which have been over-built. Even if a claim by the Sangh Parivar that a Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir stood on the disputed site and was demolished to make place for Babri Masjid is proved, the process cannot be reversed after 400 years. Indeed, we have adopted a law in 1991 which prohibits any damage to or reconversion of any place of worship, which stood on 15 August, 1947.