Ayodhya verdict: Displeased Owaisi says Muslims should reject 5-acre-land offer

Today, CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led bench put an end to a legal battle, which started decades ago. The judges were hearing petitions filed against the 2010 Allahabad High Court order which divided the land equally among three claimants.

The bench said all faiths should be respected and added Hindus' beliefs about Lord Ram's birthplace can't be disputed.

Muslims failed to prove property rights, they noted.

Addressing reporters in Hyderabad, the parliamentarian said, "I am not satisfied with the verdict. The Supreme Court is indeed supreme but not infallible. We have full faith in the Constitution. We were fighting for our legal rights."

He said Muslims were fighting for their rights and can do without the land.

"Muslims shouldn't be patronized. We should reject this 5-acre land offer," he told.

Owaisi also said if he were to stand on streets of Hyderabad seeking alms, he would get "more money".

"Muslims in the country are not so poor that we can't afford to buy land to build a house of our Allah," he said.

He wondered if idols weren't placed inside the mosque, or if Babri Masjid wasn't demolished, would judgment have been the same.

Hitting out at ruling BJP, Owaisi claimed the party is trying to make India a "Hindu Rashtra".

He also didn't have good words to say for Congress.

Owaisi remarked, "Congress has shown their true colors, but for Congress party's deceitfulness and hypocrisy, idols would not have been placed in 1949, had the locks not opened by Rajiv Gandhi the masjid would still be there."