By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court order dismissing a petition seeking postponement of the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya row.
“I welcome the decision on behalf of the party. The party has always maintained that the solution to the dispute should be found through talks or the decision of the court should be respected. Everyone should wait for the judgement of the high court,” Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.
Answering queries, Dwivedi said that it is the social responsibility of every citizen to maintain peace and harmony.
“Everybody should abide by the verdict of the court,” he said, adding that the parties to the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi title suit case can move the Supreme Court after the high court verdict.
Asked about the verdict coming close to the dates of the Games, Dwivedi said “it was a coincidence.”
“The decision should come,” he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also welcomed the apex court order dismissing a petition seeking deferment of the Ayodhya verdict, saying “it had ended uncertainty”.
“We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court paving the way for the Allahabad High Court to give its judgment,” BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said.
He said parties to the dispute also wanted an early decision.
“We will wait for the decision of the high court,” he said.
The BJP spokesman said there were legal options available for the parties to the dispute.
Answering queries, Javadekar said the party had already made an appeal to people to maintain calm.
The petition in the Supreme Court seeking deferment of the judgment of the high court was filed by former bureaucrat Ramesh Chandra Tripathi.
Tripathi had also sought the court’s direction to the parties to explore the possibility of an out-of-court amicable settlement.