TOP 25: UP CM Yogi pitches for Ram temple construction

His remarks have come amid the time when the Visva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that the Centre should bring a law in Parliament for the construction of the temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. Therefore, Yogi's statement on the matter has been assumed as a significant one.

The Supreme Court had on September 27 declined to refer to a larger bench its 1994 verdict for a review over its "questionable observation" that "mosque is not an essential part of the practice of Islam". This paved the way for the apex court to hear the politically sensitive main Ayodhya title suit from October 29, i.e. from tomorrow.

Holding that the earlier observation was made in the limited context of "land acquisition" during the hearing of the Ayodhya case, the top court in a 2-1 verdict made it clear it will not have any bearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute whose outcome will be eagerly awaited ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, reported PTI.