A recent statement by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal advising party workers to accept the reality and to go ahead by setting aside protests over Ayodhya has courted a controversy.
When a section of party workers have started murmuring on social media over the party supremo’s statement, the rival Indian National League (INL) has demanded that Mr. Thangal withdraw the statement and apologise to the country.
In a stark contrast to what Mr. Thangal said at Kozhikode beach on January 21, the eve of the Ayodhya temple consecration, the IUML leader called upon the party workers at a party forum at Manjeri on January 24 to desist from responding emotionally to Ayodhya and Babri Masjid. He went on to say that the Ram Temple at Ayodhya as well as the proposed Babri Masjid would be the pride of the country, and both would strengthen the country’s secular values.
