New Delhi,Dec 03, TEN Network | Advocate Rajeev Dhawan, who appeared for the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in Ayodhya case has been ‘sacked’ from Babri case by advocate-on-record Ejaz Maqbool who was representing Jamiat.
“Just been sacked from the Babri case by AOR Ejaz Maqbool who was representing the Jamiat. Have sent a formal letter accepting the ‘sacking’ without demur. No longer involved in the review or the case,” he said in a Facebook post.
“I have been informed that Mr Madani has indicated that I was removed from the case because I was unwell. This is total nonsense. He has a right to instruct his lawyer AOR Ejaz Maqbool to sack me which he did on instructions. But the reason being floated is malicious and untrue,” he further added.
Dhavan was in news, most recently, when he told Times Now that “Hindus, not Muslims” were responsible for creating unrest in the country. He later denied the statement and said that by Hindus’, he meant the ‘Hindu side’ in the Ayodhya case. “Muslims have never been responsible for disturbing the atmosphere in the country. Hindus do it,” Dhawan had said.
Later, clarifying to news agency ANI, he said, “This is television mischief. When I speak of Hindus, I am not speaking of Hindus generally. If I was, then I would also be speaking of myself. When the word Hindu is used in its context, it speaks about the Sangh Parivar in relation to the Babri Masjid… In court, I told people who destroyed the Babri Masjid that they were Hindu Taliban. I am speaking of those sections of Sangh Parivar, who are dedicated to violence, lynching to destroying mosques and killing”.
Meanwhile, the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the apex court’s November 9 verdict, wherein it awarded the disputed plot in Ayodhya to the Hindu side, thus clearing the way for the construction of a Ram temple. In its petition, the organisation claimed that the Supreme Court ‘erred’ in granting relief to those who demolished the Babri Masjid.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has said that they will be filing a review petition in the court before December 9. (TN)
