Leftist historians, commentators have a flawed understanding of Babri case | The Indian Express

Leftist historians, commentators have a flawed understanding of Babri case | The Indian Express

Written by Arun Anand |Updated: March 13, 2019 7:48:08 am

The writer is CEO of Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra.

Leftist historians, commentators have a flawed understanding of Babri case

Attempts are being made to turn Babri issue into a Hindu-Muslim dispute by left commentators and historians.

The issue of whether Lord Rama was born there or not, and whether a temple existed, has already been decided upon by the Allahabad HC. Now the dispute is over a piece of land and it is a title suit in the SC. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

The Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ram Janmabhoomi, delivered on September 30, 2010, caused great discomfort to left historians and commentators. This discomfort has now increased with the Supreme Court setting up a panel for mediation on this issue with a time limit of eight weeks. And, there also seems to be a systemic campaign to build a communal narrative around this issue: To project it as a dispute between two communities while questioning the credibility of the panel itself (‘The mediation trap’, IE, March 11).