Ayodhya ruling became right only because both sides accepted it: Chidambaram

Over the years, people have become so fed up with the row that they wanted to move on, says Digvijay Singh

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya judgement became a right one because both sides accepted it and not the other way round.

Launching party colleague Salman Khurshid’s book Sunrise over Ayodhya along with senior leader Digvijay Singh, he observed, “The jurisprudential basis of the Ayodhya judgement is very narrow, but due to the passage of time both sides have accepted it. Because both sides have accepted it, it has become a right judgement and not the other way round.”

Speaking earlier, Mr. Singh noted that many expected a widespread reaction to the verdict after the court gave the disputed land to Hindus. “But over the years, people have become so fed up with this dispute that they wanted to move on,” he pointed out. Reconciliation could be the only way forward and it was also the essence of the book. He also spoke about Nelson Mandela’s “Truth and Reconciliation” Commission to maintain harmony.