“What is the issue if court docket has ordered a survey?” mentioned Union minister Giriraj Singh
Jaipur:
An Ajmer court docket’s resolution to listen to a petition claiming the presence of a Shiva temple below the Ajmer dargah, has sparked intense political debate, coming because it does after related claims over mosques and dargahs in Mathura, Varanasi and Dhar. Amid intense criticism of Opposition leaders — who identified that days in the past, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has despatched a chador to the Ajmer dargah — leaders of the BJP have claimed a choice to take a look at the presence of temples below such disputed buildings is truthful.
“A court docket has ordered survey in Ajmer. What is the issue if court docket has ordered a survey?” mentioned Union minister Giriraj Singh. “This is a fact that when Mughals got here to India, they demolished our temples. The Congress authorities has solely carried out appeasement until now. If (Jawaharlal) Nehru would have stopped it in 1947 itself, there would have been no have to method the court docket immediately,” he added.
At the guts of the argument is a legislation made in 1991, that maintains that barring Ayodhya, established order as on August 15, 1947, must be maintained at spiritual buildings throughout the nation.
But in 2023, the Supreme Court had allowed a survey at Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque, with then Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud arguing that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 doesn’t debar ascertainment of the spiritual character of a spot of worship.
This was identified by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti.
Claiming that the violence at Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, was the direct results of this judgment, Ms Mufti mentioned, “Thanks to a former Chief Justice of India a Pandora’s field has been opened sparking a contentious debate about minority spiritual locations”.
“Despite a Supreme Court ruling that the established order ought to be maintained because it existed in 1947, his judgement has paved the way in which for surveys of those websites probably resulting in elevated pressure between Hindus and Muslims,” the PDP chief added, citing the highest court docket’s remarks when a bench had determined {that a} Ram temple could be in-built Ayodhya. Justice Chandrachud was a part of the bench that gave this order and made the comment upholding the 1991 Places of Worship Act.
“These issues are very painful. Some individuals have their cool after 2024 (Lok Sabha) election outcomes as they did not get the bulk. These individuals need to goal a selected group to please the bulk,” mentioned Samajwadi Party MP Mohibbullah Nadvi.
“Worrisome. The newest declare: Shiv Temple at Ajmer Dargah. Where are we taking this nation? And why? For political dividends!” Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal mentioned in a put up on X.
“Yet one other shocker… supposedly hidden someplace within the Ajmer Dargah Sharif,” added People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the if the 1991 Places of Worship Act is adopted, the nation shall be run based on the structure.
Bhim Army chief Chadrashekhar Azad questioned how petitions like this are being filed day-after-day, contending that they’re “detracting consideration from actual points”.
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, a Sufi saint from Persia, had made Ajmer his residence and a shrine in his honour was constructed by Mughal emperor Humayun. His grandson, emperor Akbar, made a pilgrimage to Ajmer yearly. Akbar and his grandson Shah Jahan had constructed mosques contained in the Ajmer shrine advanced.
The present petition on Ajmer dargah has sought that Hindus be given the precise to worship on the Ajmer shrine. The petitioner Vishnu Gupta, chief of right-wing group Hindu Sena, mentioned they need the dargah to be declared as Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple.
“If the dargah has any sort of registration, then it ought to be cancelled. Its survey ought to be carried out by ASI and Hindus ought to be given the precise to worship there,” he was quoted as saying by information company Press Trust of India.