HYDERABAD: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said that the order given in the Gyanvapi Shrinagar Gauri dispute will lead to a “destabilising effect” and that matter is going on the same path as that of the Babri masjid issue.
Talking to the mediapersons in Hyderabad, Owaisi said, “A destabilising effect will start after this. We’re going on the same path as that of the Babri masjid issue. When the judgment on Babri Masjid was given, I warned everyone that this will create problems in the country as it was given on the basis of faith.”
“There should be an appeal in High Court against this order. I hope Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee will appeal against this order. I believe that after this order, the purpose of the Places of Worship Act 1991 will fail,” he added.
A Varanasi court on Monday dismissed a plea of Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi mosque compound.
District Judge A K Vishvesh delivered the verdict in the Gyanvapi Shrinagar Gauri dispute case and posted the matter for further hearing on September 22.
“The court rejected the Muslim side’s petition and said the suit is maintainable. The next hearing of the case is on September 22,” said advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi mosque case.
“It’s a win for the Hindu community. The next hearing is on September 22. It’s a foundation stone for the Gyanvapi temple. Appeal to people to maintain peace,” said Sohan Lal Arya, petitioner in the Gyanvapi case.
Earlier, the Hindu side had said that they will seek an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey and carbon dating of the ‘Shivling’ if the judgment comes in their favour.
The petition was filed by five women seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are said to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque, which is located close to Kashi Vishwanath temple.
Following this, a Varanasi court ordered a videography survey of the mosque complex in May. The survey work was completed on May 16 and the report was presented to the court on May 19.
After the videography survey, claims were made by the Hindu side that a structure resembling a Shivling was found in the mosque complex, but the Masjid committee contested that it was a fountain and not a Shivling.
“Several sculptures of gods and goddesses along with other structures related to Hindu belief were seen in the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi,” said advocate Ajay Kumar Mishra, who was appointed commissioner by Varanasi court to survey the Gyanvapi-Gauri Shringar complex, but was later removed for leaking the information.
The report by Mishra also mentioned that the three-four sculptures with Sindoor marks and ‘Choukhat’ like stone slab are believed to be ‘Sringar Gouri’. However, the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee said the Gyanvapi mosque is a Waqf property and had questioned the maintainability of the plea. (ANI)