Slamming senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal for allegedly linking the Ram Mandir issue with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Sunni Waqf Board for its stand on the matter. "The Sunni Waqf Board must be congratulated for their brave stand on the matter and disassociating themselves from the statement of Shri Kapil Sibal," PM Narendra Modi said. 
Earlier, the Sunni Waqf Board on Wednesday disassociated itself from senior lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who had been representing it in the Supreme Court in connection with the long-standing Ayodhya matter. Sibal, while representing the Sunni Waqf Board, urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to defer hearing in the Ayodhya title suit till July 2019 when the next Lok Sabha elections will be over.
Speaking to ANI, Haji Mehboob,Sunni Waqf Board said, “Yes, Kapil Sibal is our lawyer, but he is also related to a political party. His statement in the court was wrong. We want a solution to the issue at the earliest. We have got nothing to do with his statement.” The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing in the case for February 8, 2018.

Slamming senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal for allegedly linking the Ram Mandir issue with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Sunni Waqf Board for its stand on the matter. "The Sunni Waqf Board must be congratulated for their brave stand on the matter and disassociating themselves from the statement of Shri Kapil Sibal," PM Narendra Modi said. 
Earlier, the Sunni Waqf Board on Wednesday disassociated itself from senior lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who had been representing it in the Supreme Court in connection with the long-standing Ayodhya matter. Sibal, while representing the Sunni Waqf Board, urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to defer hearing in the Ayodhya title suit till July 2019 when the next Lok Sabha elections will be over.
Speaking to ANI, Haji Mehboob,Sunni Waqf Board said, “Yes, Kapil Sibal is our lawyer, but he is also related to a political party. His statement in the court was wrong. We want a solution to the issue at the earliest. We have got nothing to do with his statement.” The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing in the case for February 8, 2018.