RAM SETHU-III

UPA's draft affidavit wants SC to decide on Ram Sethu
U-Turn: 'ASI can neither support nor contradict scientific conclusion, natural formation can be called monument'
• Singed by the political firestorm over its last affidavit on Ram Sethu in which it questioned Ram's existence, the UPA Government plans to pass the buck to the Supreme Court and take a dramatically different tack, as per its draft affidavit scheduled to be submitted to the Supreme Court early next month.
• The affidavit of the Archaeological Survey of India and the Culture Ministry - that came up before the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs today has cited scientific studies reinforcing the Government's earlier stand that the structure isn't man made but has gone on to say that the ASI doesn't have the expertise "either to support or contradict this conclusion. "It is thus prayed, "the affidavit concludes, "that the Court may pass appropriate orders/ directions to all concerned which it may deem fit in larger interest of the society."