Asaduddin Owaisi On Sambhal Row: Character Of Religious Place Can’t Be Changed

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Hyderabad, Dec 2 (Maxim News): AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said if the petition over a Mughal-era mosque at Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh had prayed for the right to access, then why a court there ordered a survey of the structure. Targeting the ruling BJP, Owaisi said such issues weaken the country, which is facing inflation, unemployment, farmer suicides, and other issues.

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On November 19, a court of civil judges (senior division) of Sambhal passed an ex-parte order for a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid by an advocate commissioner, after taking note of a plea of the Hindu side claiming the mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Babur in 1526 after demolishing a temple.

On November 24, violence gripped the area during the court-ordered survey of the mosque, killing four persons and injuring many others. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Sambhal trial court to halt proceedings in the case over the Shahi Jama masjid and its survey at Chandausi while directing the UP government to maintain peace and harmony in the violence-hit town.

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Talking to reporters, Asaduddin Owaisi said, “If we read the petition, we find the prayer is right to access.  If this is so, why did the court order the survey, which is wrong? If they need access, who stops them from going and sitting in the mosque?” “If according to the Places of Worship Act, the character and nature (of a religious place) can’t be changed, then why is the survey ordered?” the Hyderabad MP asked. 

Asaduddin Owaisi On Ajmer Dargah Controversy

Notably, a court recently also admitted a petition seeking to declare the Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan as a temple. Several opposition leaders have raised serious concerns over the controversy on the Ajmer Dargah, which comes close on the heels of similar claims made regarding the Sambhal mosque in UP.

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Asked about claims over the shrine in Ajmer, Owaisi said the dargah existed for 800 years and (Sufi Poet) Amir Khusro had also mentioned it dargah in his book.  “Now they say that it is not a dargah.  If this is so, where is this going to stop?  Even Prime Ministers send ‘chadar’ to this dargah during ‘Urs’. What will the Modi government say when they send the chadar every year?” he sought to know.

“If the Buddha and Jain community people go to court (in such a manner), they will also claim (some) places.  So, an Act was brought in 1991 that the nature of a religious place will not be changed and it will remain as it was on August 15, 1947,” he said.  Asaduddin Owaisi said such issues weaken the country and BJP leaders should stop this. 

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“There are problems such as inflation, unemployment, farmer suicides, and China becoming powerful.  But they put the people at work for this (survey of religious places).  I earlier said after the judgment in the Babri case that more such incidents may pop up now,” he said. Notably, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday expressed concern over the declining population growth and said India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should  be at least 3, well above the present one of 2.1

To a query on it, Owaisi said, “Now those in the RSS should start marrying. Their (BJP) MPs say that no one having more than two children should be given the benefit of government schemes. They should stick to one policy,” (Maxim News)

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