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Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, July 24
After BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi, party's seniormost leader LK Advani will appear before a special CBI court today in connection with the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.
Sources say Home Minister Amit Shah met the 92-year-old along with a team of lawyers. Advani along with Joshi and other saffron leaders, including Uma Bharti, are accused in the case related to the razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.
The hearing comes before the 'shilaniyas' of the Ram temple on August 5 at Ayodhya which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to attend.
Several controversies have erupted around the ceremony, some political and some pertaining to religious sentiments.
Apparently, some saints and seers have declared as "inauspicious" the date and time for the 'bhoomi poojan' --2.15 pm on August 5.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is one of the invitees to the ceremony. However, former NCP MP Majeed Memon has said that head of a secular democracy should refrain from promoting a "particular religious activity".
Thackeray is heading a Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP coalition government.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Pro Tem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma has claimed that the construction of the Ram temple would destroy coronavirus, according to reports.
The 16th century Babri Masjid was pulled down on December 6, 1992, by Hindu activists who believed it was built on an ancient temple marking the birthplace of Lord Ram.
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