AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday questioned the “silence” of Opposition events, together with the Congress and Samajwadi Party, on the video survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid advanced in Varanasi, alleging that they’re conserving mum as a result of Muslims should not their vote financial institution. Owaisi stated the Constitution permits Muslims to observe their tradition and id and “we would continue to do so, both at home and outside”.
“Why Opposition parties like Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are silent on the issue of the Gyanvapi mosque? They are not saying anything because Muslims are not their vote bank,” the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen (AIMIM) chief instructed an Eid Milap programme in Ahmedabad.
The Gyanvapi mosque is situated near the enduring Kashi Vishwanath temple. A court docket had ordered a videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid advanced on a go well with filed collectively by 5 Hindu girls in search of permission for every day prayers earlier than idols on its outer partitions. The survey resumed on Saturday following a neighborhood court docket order amid tight safety preparations, officers stated.
Dubbing BJP, Congress, AAP, and Samajwadi Party “fanatic parties, Owaisi alleged they wanted Muslims to remain Muslims only at home and accept their (the parties) culture when outside.
“The Constitution of India allows you to follow your culture, your identity. We will continue to do so, both at home and outside,” the Hyderabad MP stated. “I am here to tell you, and also to the government, that we have lost one Babri Masjid, but will not lose another mosque. They took away our (Babri) mosque through cunning and by murdering justice, but remember, you will not be able to snatch another mosque,” Owaisi stated.
He stated the Gyanvapi masjid has been a mosque and can stay so. Owaisi stated the 1991 legislation, the Places of Worship Act, says that the non secular character of a spot of worship because it existed on August 15, 1947, will stay unchanged, and people trying to alter its nature and character may be jailed for 3 12 months
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