Accusing the Government of adopting a "dubious" stand on Rama Sethu, Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that the Centre's recent argument was contrary to the submissions made by it in the latest affidavit. The Centre, earlier, had withdrawn its controversial affidavits questioning the existence of Lord Rama and other characters of Ramayana.

Swamy told an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan the Centre admitted to the sacredness of Rama Sethu before the Madras High Court and had even contemplated that a viewing gallery along the Sethusamudram channel alignment would be built. "This admission demolishes the stand of the counsel (Centre's advocate), especially that Rama Sethu is not an integral part of Hindu religion," he said. The Centre and those concerned with the project have "no locus standi to pontificate on what is at the core of Hindu religion," he added.

Swamy accused the Centre of burdening the court with "unsubstantiated" and "dubious" interpretations from the Puranas and the Ramayana to undermine the importance of the mythological bridge.