The mosque was converted by a judgement from India's Supreme Court. But yes, the administration's stunt of overtly participating in religious conflict by having the PM and country leaders inaugurate the temple sure leaves a bad taste.
Thankfully, religion as a whole is becoming increasingly irrelevant among new generations as Western individualism takes over. This incident will hopefully be remembered just as an appeasement tactic for old to middle-aged people and not an escalation.
>The mosque was converted by a judgement from India's Supreme Court
Many would say that doesn't change anything because they think that Indian supreme court is just another tool in the hand of Modi's government [1] [2] [3].
Many would say that regarding this decision, yes. But they'd be overlooking the kind of exceptional dilemma the court faced in this case - it was not just about determining what club gets a legal right over public property, but about defusing a several generations-long historical and religious conflict of vastly higher scale. In the end they had to pass a judgement that antagonized the least number of people and prevented large-scale disruption and violence. We can debate how right or wrong it was all day, but that won't take away the fact that there was no other way of resolving this without messing up social harmony.
Whether or not Modi's government has undue influence over the judiciary is still up for debate, but in this particular case, I fail to see how it could have made a difference either way.
Isnt it just convenient. To hell with due process and law and justice and equality.
Give a judgenent that offends least number of people, be it right or wrong.
You know how that sounds like? A corrupt judiciary that's at the whims of satisfying the ego of masses.
Btw
>The incident, which resulted in heavy casualties, had shaken the entire nation and the collective conscience of the society will only be satisfied if the capital punishment is awarded to the offender.
This quote from an actual judgment made by supreme court of India literally says so. To satisfy collective consciousness of masses, a man must die
That literally is the point of much of how the justice system functions all over the world.
Part of the factors they have to consider is for the people to be sufficiently satisfied that justice was done. After all, the system relies on the people having confidence that the system works. The perpetrator of a brutal rape and murder not being given the death penalty when the entire country is out on the streets demanding his blood, would be a grave miscarriage of justice (as long as he was indeed the perpetrator).
Especially with the case of the masjid, there wasn't going to be a right answer either way, as Hindus also made a historical claim to the land.
Thankfully, religion as a whole is becoming increasingly irrelevant among new generations as Western individualism takes over. This incident will hopefully be remembered just as an appeasement tactic for old to middle-aged people and not an escalation.