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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad president Vishnu Hari Dalmia on Thursday told the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry that the local Muslims had no objections to the construction of Ram temple, but it was only 'outside' Muslims who created problems.
Deposing as a witness before the commission probing the events leading to demolition of the disputed structure in December 1992, Dalmia said only 'outside' Muslims were complaining and arousing communal tension.
They were supported by pseudo-secular political parties in the country, he added.
Dalmia, in a written statement, claimed that 13 Muslim residents of Ayodhya had filed affidavits before a court in 1950, saying the disputed structure was constructed after demolition of the temple and they had no objection if the place remained with the Hindus.
He said the Babri Masjid was a structure of shame and claimed that it had no sacredness in comparision to three mosques, Al-Masjid Al-Haram, Al-Masjid Al-Nabavi and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa respectively at Mecca, Madina and Jerusalem.
When asked by the commission's counsel Anupam Gupta if the VHP would have agreed to allow the disputed structure to be a national monument, Dalmia said it was a functioning temple and the 'Ram Temple will be a national monument'.
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