lucknow the land provided to up sunni central waqf board to build a mosque is not in ayodhya said babri masjid action committee convener advocate zafaryab jilani he also questioned the timing of announcement of ram temple trust by calling it a move to gain political mileage according to jilani who is also executive member of the all india muslim personal law board aimplb merely renaming faizabad as ayodhya does not mean the land is at a prominent place in ayodhya as mandated by the supreme court order on november 9 last yearon wednesday the up cabinet finalised a fiveacre plot to be provided to the board in at raunahi area in dhannipur village on the faizabadlucknow highway 25 km from the disputed siteup government had renamed faizabad district as ayodhya during diwali celebrations last yearin all court documents part of the litigation all this while ayodhya was a small town a qasbah of faizabad this ayodhya cannot be equated to the new district created by the government now said jilani merely renaming a town and extending its municipal limits do not mean the land offered is still in ayodhya added jilanithe land is being given to the board but jilani said all muslim organisations including the aimplb as also the muslim community has denounced accepting alternate land for babri masjidhowever we will not be challenging it in court but can make this a part of the curative petition of the november 9 sc order which we will file soon said jilani on a day prime minister narendra modi announced the setting up of a trust for building ram temple in ayodhya jilani question its timingthe announcement could have been made on the evening of february 8 after delhi had voted so the timing is wrong and it is only to gain political mileage said jilanipointing out legal intricacies jilani said the allotment of land is not in tandem with theacquisition of certain area at ayodhya act of 1993 and the ismail farooqi case of 1994 in both the act and the case it has been clearly mentioned that the 67acre plot will be used to develop in a planned manner a temple a mosque a library a museum and amenities for pilgrim whatever area is left will be given to the owners the supreme court had upheld this in the farooqi case of 1994 added jilanihe also pointed out that there is no provision for movement transfer or change in a waqf property which the babri masjid was as per the waqf act 1995