New Delhi/Mumbai: India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday assured the nation that security would be watertight ahead of the court verdict on the title deed to the disputed land on which the Babri Masjid once stood.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on the six-decade old title suit today. The disputed Babri Masjid was demolished by a frenzied pro-Hindu mob in 1992.
Possible outcomes in India's Ayodhya case
Addressing a press conference yesterday, the home minister expressed confidence that India was mature enough to accept the court verdict.
"India has moved on. The youth have a different world view. They recognise that the India story is much more than the [Ayodhya] dispute," Chidambaram said.
Twenty thousand of the 190,000 security personnel available to the state government, including the Central Reserve Police Force and the Rapid Action Force, have been deployed in Ayodhya, situated some 120 kilometres east of the state capital Lucknow.
The home ministry has identified 32 locations across the country where there could be trouble. States where protests could take place include Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
