New Delhi: On Thursday, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi termed the court’s verdict over Gyanvapi Masjid a “blatant violation” of the Places of Worship Act 1991.
As per the act, “no person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section thereof.”
Owaisi’s comments came after a UP court delivered its order on Gyanvapi Mosque row. The court said that commissioner won’t be removed. The court asked to continue the survey and submit a report till May 17. For the survey, two more lawyers have been appointed as commissioners to accompany the Court commissioner Ajay Mishra. “The commission will submit the report by May 17 before the court,” said Advocate Madan Mohan Yadav, representing Hindu petitioners in court.
Owaisi speaking with ANI said, “The order of the court is a blatant violation of the Places of Worship Act 1991. It is a violation of Supreme Court judgment given in the Babri Masjid title dispute.”
Further he said that he is not wanting to lose another Masjid after Babri Masjid. “This is a blatant violation and I hope that the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Masjid committee would go to the Supreme Court. I have lost one Babri Masjid and I don’t want to lose another masjid,” he stated.
He also appealed Yogi Adityanath led government of the state to file an FIR against those whoare trying to change the nature of religious places.
“Yogi government should immediately file an FIR against these people as the 1991 Act clearly says that any person who tries to change the nature of religious places that stood on August 15, 1947. If courts find them guilty, they can be imprisoned for three years,” he added.
The court has refused the removal of Advocate Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra. Apart from him, the court has also made Vishal Kumar Singh and Ajay Singh court commissioners.
The Hindu side claims that the Advocate Commissioners were not allowed to conduct survey and videography by Muslim side.
It has also been said on behalf of the Hindu party that the Muslim party prevented him from going inside the Gyanvapi mosque and inside the basement saying that there is no such order of the court.
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