Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to save farmers first, before resolving the Ram Mandir matter, which the latter had claimed to resolve in 24 hours.
“I would like to tell CM that people have given him 90 days. Do something to save the crops from the bulls. Farmers need to be saved first,” Akhilesh said on Sunday, 27 January, reported ANI.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister was responding to a claim made by Yogi Adityanath, claiming to resolve the on-going Ayodhya matter within 24 hours.
Reacting to the claim made by CM Adityanath, two days before the matter was scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court, Akhilesh said, “We have just celebrated 26 January, if a CM says such things on 26 January you can imagine what kind of CM he must be.”
SC Cancels 29 January Hearing on Ayodhya
Alongside, the Supreme Court on Sunday cancelled the 29 January hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case due to non-availability of one of the five judges of a Constitution bench.
Justice SA Bobde will not be available on 29 January due to which sitting of the Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi stands cancelled, as per a notice issued by the Supreme Court registry.
The five-judge bench was re-constituted on 25 January, as Justice UU Lalit, who was a member of the original bench, had recused himself from hearing the matter.
When the new bench was constituted, Justice NV Ramana was also excluded.
No reason was cited for the exclusion of Justice Ramana in the new Constitution bench.
Besides the CJI, the new bench comprises justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer.
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