Post Ayodhya verdict, Hindu Muslim leaders meet NSA Doval vowing to fortify brotherhood in India

New Delhi, November 11: Aligning together as a country liberating harmony and peace, eminent Hindu and Muslim leaders held meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval after the Ayodhya verdict. A day after, the Supreme Court announced the verdict on decade long case, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval acted as a bridge for an inter-faith dialogue between eminent Hindu and Muslim religious leaders and intellectuals to strengthen communication, amity and brotherhood.

 

The 18 Hindu religious leaders and intellectuals with 12 prominent Muslim clerics and scholars met at NSA Ajit Doval’s residence on Saturday. Since his days as NSA, Doval has always kept in touch with religious scholars on both sides with the national security perspective in mind. The meeting had the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to seek closure on the entire dispute and does not want this to be a festering wound. In spite of all the pressures, the PM was clear from day one that the solution has to come from the court rather than legislation.

The leaders of both the community reposed full faith in the rule of law and the Constitution of India. The leaders resolved to honour the decision of the Supreme Court and appealed to all the countrymen to abide by it, emphasising that national interest overrides all considerations. The scholars from both communities extended their full cooperation to the Modi government in ensuring peace, communal harmony and upholding the rule of law.

The Hindu scholars and eminent persons were represented by Shri Avadheshanand; Swami Parmatamananda; Vishwesha Teertha Pejawar Swami; Swamis Shruti Siddhanand; Nirmalanand Natha; Bodhasarananda; Mitranand; Perur Adheenam; Chinna Ramanuja Jeeyar; Chidanand; Baba Ram Dev; Jananand; Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswami of Suttur Math; VHP working president Alok Kumar; VHP leaders Champat Rai, Surinder Jain, Jiveshwar and Swami Kamaldas.

The Muslim scholars and clerics were represented by Prof Akhtrul Wasey, president, of Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, Navaid Hamid, president All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawrat, Maulana Saeed Ahmed Noori, president of Mumbai’s Raza Academy; Maulana Mahmood Ahmed Khan Daryabadi, general secretary of All India Ulema Council, Mumbai and Shia leader Maulana Kalbe Jawad.

Janab Sirajuddin Qureshi, president of India Islamic Culture Centre; Janab Mujtaba Farooq, secretary-general of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawrat; Maulana Ashgar Ali Imam Mehdi Sufi, president of Anjuman-I-Islam, Mumbai; Syed Nasuruddin Chisty, Mohammed Engineer Slim, vice-president of Jamait-e-Islami Hind and Pir Farid Ahmed Nizami of Dargah Nizamuddin Auliya were also present.

The religious leaders pledged their unstinted support to the Modi government in all the measures it may take to maintain peace, law and order in the society. Both the sides noted with satisfaction that the millions of Indians, belonging to both communities, displayed a great sense of responsibility, sensitivity and restraint in accepting the court verdict. All the participants appreciated the initiative on part of the NSA and emphasised on a continuous dialogue between communities in future so that security of all Indian is ensured.