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India rejects Pakistan criticism of court ruling in Babri Masjid demolition case

Last Updated 01 October 2020, 18:59 IST

India on Thursday hit back at Pakistan, which condemned acquittal by a court of all the 32 people, who were accused in the 28-year-old case of demolition of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.

“India is a mature democracy where the government and citizens abide by the verdicts of the court and show respect for the rule of law,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

India said it may be difficult for the neighbouring country, having a "coercive apparatus", to understand the ethos of democracy and rule of law.

“India is a mature democracy where the Government and citizens abide by the verdicts of the Court and show respect for the rule of law,” Anurag Srivastava, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said in New Delhi, when journalists asked for New Delhi’s reaction to the critical remarks made by Imran Khan’s government in Islamabad about the judgment of the court in India.

“It may be difficult for a system with a coercive apparatus where people and the courts can be silenced at the will of the establishment, to understand such democratic ethos,” he added, taking a dig at Pakistan.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court acquitted all the 32 accused of conspiring to demolish the shrine on December 6 in 1992.

“#Pakistan strongly condemns acquittal of criminals responsible for demolishing historic #BabriMasjid in Ayodhya,” Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pakistan Government, posted on Twitter.

“Permeation of extremist Hindutva ideology in all state institutions of India is deeply concerning,” tweeted the spokesperson of the Pakistan Government.

He called it “another manifestation of pliant judiciary” under the “BJP-RSS regime” which gives precedence to “Hindutva” over “all principles of justice and international norms”.

All the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, including BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, were on Wednesday acquitted by a special CBI court in Lucknow which said there was no conclusive proof against them.

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(Published 01 October 2020, 14:10 IST)

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