Owaisi says on survey of Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi: BJP, RSS ushering in an ‘era of hatred like the 1990s’

*Paromita Das

In the midst of the controversy surrounding the survey of Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are attempting to rekindle the era of hatred that existed in the 1990s.

Owaisi told a crowd in Hyderabad, “The Government of India and the government of Uttar Pradesh should have told the court that Parliament passed The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.” It stated that no religious place would be disturbed as it existed on August 15, 1947. They should have informed the Court.
The central government is aware that the Babri Masjid Civil Title judgement linked the 1991 Act to the fundamental structure of the Constitution. The government had a constitutional obligation to inform the court that what they were doing was wrong.”

“However, because they practise hatred politics, they remained silent.” The BJP should state whether or not they support the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991. The BJP and the Sangh are the ones who are concerned about this. They are attempting to recreate the era of hatred that existed in the 1990s,” he added.

Earlier, the AIMIM chief criticized the local court order, claiming that the order to survey the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi violated the Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
“This order to survey Kashi’s Gyanvapi Masjid is a clear violation of the Places of Worship Act of 1991, which prohibits the conversion of religious buildings. The Supreme Court stated in its Ayodhya decision that the Act protects “secular features of Indian polity, which are one of the basic features of the Constitution.” “He had stated.
“It’s unfortunate that the Court is openly defying the Supreme Court. The Court’s decision paves the way for the bloodshed of Rath Yatra and anti-Muslim violence in the 1980s and 1990s “he continued.

The survey of several deities, including Shringar Gauri, located in Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath temple grounds and the Gyanvapi Masjid complex, has sparked outrage. On Friday, a court-appointed official and a team of lawyers inspected Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi in connection with a plea seeking access to a Hindu temple behind it.