Gadkari urges all to accept verdict in Ayodhya matter and maintain peace

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday urged all to accept the verdict given by the Supreme Court in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, asserting that peace and harmony should be maintained.

"Being a democratic country, everybody should accept the judgement given by the court. Everybody should maintain peace and harmony. This is what I pray," the Union Minister said while speaking to reporters here.

The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the Central government to hand over the disputed site at Ayodhya for the construction of a temple and set up a trust for the same.

"Central government shall form in three to four months a scheme for setting up of a trust. They shall make necessary arrangements for the management of the trust and construction of the temple. The possession of inner and outer courtyard shall be handed over to the trust," Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said while announcing the verdict.

The apex court further directed the government to give a suitable plot of land measuring five-acres to Sunni Waqf Board.

A five-judge constitution bench presided by Chief Justice Gogoi and comprising Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer passed the order on a batch of petitions against an order of the Allahabad High Court which trifurcated the site between the parties -- Ramlalla Virajman, Sunni Central Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara.

A decade-long legal dispute was fought by right-wing party Hindu Mahasabha, a sect of Hindu monks Nirmohi Akhara and Muslim Waqf Board over 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya.

A decade-long legal dispute was fought by right-wing party Hindu Mahasabha, a sect of Hindu monks Nirmohi Akhara and Muslim Waqf Board over 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya.