New Delhi: The Congress party on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute case but also seized the opportunity to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said "Supreme Court's verdict has come, we are in favour of the construction of Ram Temple. This judgement not only opened the doors for the temple's construction but also closed the doors for BJP and others to politicise the issue".

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court today gave the 2.77 acre disputed land in Ayodhya to the Hindus and asked the government to give an alternate 5-acre land somewhere else to the Sunni Waqf Board, which was a party to the title suit, to build a mosque.

In the unanimous judgement, the five-member bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, directed the central government to form within three months a trust which will build a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.