Veteran BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who led the agitation for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, have been 'requested' not to attend the consecration ceremony of the temple next month.
Delivering the 4th Dr. Rajaram Jaipuria Memorial Lecture here, Dr Joshi said, "Future of the world lies in finding happiness."
A Special CBI Court in 2020 acquitted the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
The former minister asserted that people should learn lessons from historical events with the assurance of avoiding repeating such incidents in the future.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, and others also paid floral tribute at 'Sadaiv Atal' on the occasion.
The Supreme Court observed it wants the Special Judge to continue and deliver the judgement even if the trial takes two more years.
The Supreme Court had in 2017 revived the conspiracy charge in the Babri Masjid demolition case against Advani, Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti and others.
A day after a historic sweep in the Lok Sabha elections that brought the BJP-led NDA government to power a second time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday credited party veteran LK Advani for the win.
The meeting comes days after Advani and Joshi were denied tickets by the party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
In a letter expressing her wish to not contest the polls, the MP from Indore questioned why a candidate has not been declared yet from the seat.
