The Ayodhya Development Authority has rejected a plan for the construction of a mosque in Dhannipur village, saying that mandatory no-objection certificates from several Uttar Pradesh government departments had not been issued, PTI reported, quoting a reply to a Right to Information query.

The mosque is to be constructed in line with the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute on November 9, 2019. The court had directed the government to acquire five acres of land for a mosque and ruled that the disputed site in Ayodhya be handed over to a government-run trust for the construction of a Ram temple.

The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992, by Hindu extremists who claimed that an ancient Ram temple stood on the site.

The Ram temple was

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