After receiving the invitation, Iqbal Ansari said it may be Lord Ram's wish that he gets the first invitation for the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony. He had welcomed the SC verdict last year.
Ram Janmabhoomi movement spearheaded by KK Nair was later continued by the likes of LK Advani, Ashok Kumar, Kalyan Singh, Vinay Katiyar, and Uma Bharti.
The mahant stated that since prayers from a Mosque built on donated land doesn't get accepted, the Sunni Waqf Board should build a school or hospital on the allocated site instead.
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had addressed a gathering of Karsevaks in Lucknow on December 5, 1992, a day before the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya.