India Calm After Order to Divide Ayodhya Land, Chidambaram Says
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India has responded in a “respectful and dignified” way to a court verdict dividing a disputed religious site between Hindus and Muslims, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said today.
“The law and order situation throughout the country has been extremely peaceful,” Chidambaram said at a regular ministry briefing in the capital, New Delhi. The 1992 destruction of a 16th-century mosque on the land in the northern town of Ayodhya triggered deadly riots that left 2,000 people dead.