Hari Shankar Jain: Story of the lawyer who fought the Ram Mandir case for free (हरि शंकर जैन: राम मंदिर का केस मुफ्त में लड़ने वाले वकील की कहानी)

Amidst the temple-mosque dispute in the country, the Gyanvapi Masjid case has brought two faces into the limelight. These names are- Hari Shankar Jain and Vishnu Shankar Jain. The main goal of the father-son duo and their duo is Hindu Rashtra. Both of them have till now fought 102 cases including Babri Masjid (Ayodhya), Gyanvapi Masjid (Varanasi), Taj Mahal (Agra) and Qutub Minar.Hari Shankar Jain, a native of Prayagraj, started practicing law from the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court in 1978-79. Later he went to the Supreme Court, till now he has fought more than 100 cases. Hari Shankar gained national recognition when he was appointed counsel for Hindu Mahasabha in the Ayodhya dispute in 1989.

Hari Shankar Jain, 68, with a thick beard and a black tilak on his forehead, said that when I told my father that he had decided to fight the Ram Janmabhoomi case, my father did not eat food for two days. I decided to follow the path shown by my mother' My father was in the judicial service, but he was strongly against it. He wanted me to become a judge in the High Court.

Till the 2019 Supreme Court verdict, Ayodhya was a well-known name in TV debates on Ram Janmabhoomi issue. According to Champat Rai, vice-president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and general secretary of the temple trust Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra in Ayodhya, “Hari Shankar was an independent lawyer then. One day he went to the court and told the judge that the deity was hungry for the last eight days, the judge allowed us to perform the puja and this changed the course of the case irreversibly. After the 1993 victory, Hari Shankar became a part of the team.

Don't charge any money for legal battle. Hari Shankar said that the day we decide to take money for our services or keep an eye on any post, the purpose of Hindu welfare will be defeated.