After an intense brainstorming session with different Muslim parties over the Supreme Court's verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday rejected the alternative five-acre plot of land the court had asked the Centre to allot for the mosque, and announced that they would seek a review of the November 9 verdict.

The AIMPLB's decision was supported by Maulana Arshad Madani of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, who also attended the meeting. "Despite the fact that we already know that our review petition will be dismissed 100 per cent, we must file a review petition. It is our right," he said on Sunday at a press conference. However, Zufar Faruqi, chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board — the body which was the main litigant from the Muslim side in the Ayodhya case and which was granted the alternative five-acre land — had said in a written statement on November 9, that it would not challenge the verdict as it did not want to "open a closed chapter."