DHANDHUKA/DAHOD: On the 25th anniversary of Babri Masjid's demolition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi seized upon Kapil Sibal's argument that the Supreme Court should not hear the Ayodhya case until after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls to attack Congress for thwarting resolution of the mandir-mosque impasse.
"Sibal represented the Muslim community in the SC. He has the right to do it and we do not have any problem with it. You can present your argument quoting all facts and laws to save Babri Masjid. But how dare you say that the case should not be heard till 2019 elections. You want to stop the hearing of Ram temple (issue) in the name of elections," Modi said while addressing a rally in Dhandhuka on Wednesday.
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Later, addressing a public rally in Kharod near Dahod, Modi said the Congress had committed a sin by trying to delay the issue on the pretext of elections.
"But I want to appreciate the Sunni Wakf Board which today said that although Sibal is their counsel, they do not agree with his remarks in the court. They have said that they too want that the court should give an early decision," he said.
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Accusing the Congress of deliberately trying to keep the issue unresolved for political considerations, Modi said at Dhandhuka, "Does the Waqf Board fight elections? Are these submissions on delaying the hearing for elections that of the Waqf Board? It is the Congress which is fighting the elections."
Saying that Congress saw all issues only through the electoral prism, Modi raised the 'triple talaq' matter and said his government had opposed it in the SC despite the risk of facing electoral backlash in the Uttar Pradesh polls.
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"Everything cannot be linked to elections. This was the issue of women's rights. Humanity comes first and then elections," he said, adding that the mindset of weighing everything on a political scale had destroyed the nation.
Modi justified his ire by saying that this was the prime reason why he had been advocating simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls. In an attempt to reach out to Muslims women, Modi said Parliament would pass a law that would provide jail sentence to those resorting to instant divorce.
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"Sibal represented the Muslim community in the SC. He has the right to do it and we do not have any problem with it. You can present your argument quoting all facts and laws to save Babri Masjid. But how dare you say that the case should not be heard till 2019 elections. You want to stop the hearing of Ram temple (issue) in the name of elections," Modi said while addressing a rally in Dhandhuka on Wednesday.
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Later, addressing a public rally in Kharod near Dahod, Modi said the Congress had committed a sin by trying to delay the issue on the pretext of elections.
"But I want to appreciate the Sunni Wakf Board which today said that although Sibal is their counsel, they do not agree with his remarks in the court. They have said that they too want that the court should give an early decision," he said.
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Accusing the Congress of deliberately trying to keep the issue unresolved for political considerations, Modi said at Dhandhuka, "Does the Waqf Board fight elections? Are these submissions on delaying the hearing for elections that of the Waqf Board? It is the Congress which is fighting the elections."
Saying that Congress saw all issues only through the electoral prism, Modi raised the 'triple talaq' matter and said his government had opposed it in the SC despite the risk of facing electoral backlash in the Uttar Pradesh polls.
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"Everything cannot be linked to elections. This was the issue of women's rights. Humanity comes first and then elections," he said, adding that the mindset of weighing everything on a political scale had destroyed the nation.
Modi justified his ire by saying that this was the prime reason why he had been advocating simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls. In an attempt to reach out to Muslims women, Modi said Parliament would pass a law that would provide jail sentence to those resorting to instant divorce.
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