Govt plea to return undisputed Ayodhya land to original owners important decision: BJP

The BJP on Tuesday indicated that the central government's plea in the Supreme Court to return excess land around the disputed site in Ayodhya to its original owners could pave the way for construction of Ram temple in the holy city of Uttar Pradesh.

The government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to return the excess or superfluous land around the disputed Ram Janambhoomi Babri Masjid site to original owners, including the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas.

Addressing a press conference at the party office here, Senior BJP leader and union minister Prakash Javadekar said the government has taken an important decision to return the undisputed land to its original owners, who he added, wanted to "build Ram temple" there.

The Narendra Modi-led government is not touching the land under the title dispute, pending in the apex court, Javadekar said.

Asked about the Congress questioning the timing of the government decision, coming weeks before the Lok Sabha elections, Javadekar alleged the opposition party "never believed in existence of Lord Ram and described him as an imagination in an affidavit filed in the court in the Ram Setu case."