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The Varanasi court order in Gyanvapi case has sparked concerns whether this would open floodgates of such rows despite the 1991 Act as multiple disputes involving various places of worship have surfaced now, writes Roznama Rashtriya Sahara
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HomePolitical PulseFrom the Urdu Press: Gyanvapi flashpoint and Vedanta-Foxconn row to Modi’s message to Putin and Rahul’s Yatra
From the Urdu Press: Gyanvapi flashpoint and Vedanta-Foxconn row to Modi’s message to Putin and Rahul’s Yatra
The Varanasi court order in Gyanvapi case has sparked concerns whether this would open floodgates of such rows despite the 1991 Act as multiple disputes involving various places of worship have surfaced now, writes Roznama Rashtriya Sahara
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New Delhi | Updated: September 20, 2022 5:37:14 pm
PM Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Bharat Jodo Yatra. (PTI)The spectre of the Babri Masjid demolition haunted the Urdu dailies as they spotlighted the Varanasi district court’s decision to allow the hearing of the plea seeking the right to worship deities within the Gyanvapi mosque, ruling that it is not barred by the Places of Worship Act, 1991. They fear that the tilting of scales in favour of this plea may open the floodgates of similar rows, setting up a new faultline in the country.
ROZNAMA RASHTRIYA SAHARA
The multi-edition Roznama Rashtriya Sahara kicks off its September 13 editorial with a question: “Will Gyanvapi mosque turn into another Babri Masjid?” It says the question has assumed salience as the Varanasi district court has dismissed the challenge by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee against the civil suits filed by four Hindu women seeking the right to worship deities within the Gyanvapi mosque premises, thereby allowing the maintainability of the suits to be heard on merit now. It notes that Varanasi district judge AK Vishvesha ruled that the Hindu side is not barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which stipulates that the nature of all places of worship, except Ayodhya’s Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid which was then under litigation, shall be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947. This law was invoked by the Supreme Court while delivering its judgment in favour of Ram Temple in 2019.
The daily writes that the 1991 Act has been reassuring for the Muslim community so far despite the setback in the Ayodhya case. “However, the Varanasi court order has now cleared the decks for hearing in the dispute involving a second mosque after Babri Masjid — Gyanvapi mosque… It has also triggered concerns whether this would lead to opening of floodgates of such rows despite the 1991 Act since multiple disputes involving various places of worship have surfaced in recent days.”
The edit points out that the Ayodhya row had sparked widespread riots killing many people across the country. The Babri Masjid demolition sent shock waves across the world as such an outrage was considered “unthinkable” in India prior to December 6, 1992, it says, highlighting the point that such cataclysmic shifts are brought about by changing politics. Noting that the apex court had transferred the Gyanvapi case from the Varanasi civil court to the district court which rejected the mosque committee’s challenge based on the 1991 Act, the daily flags apprehensions that the simmering dispute will remain on the boil now.
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