Muslims apprehensive about ‘another Babri’ happening: Owaisi
Hyderabad, May 20 : Expressing disappointment over the Supreme Court order on the Gyanvapi mosque case, AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said the Muslim community is apprehensive that “another Babri Masjid will happen right before their eyes”. “The whole Muslim community is very apprehensive that another Babri Masjid will happen right before their eyes. That is why Muslim community is looking towards court of law,” Owaisi said. “They will not allow the repetition of the Babri Masjid, the demolition that happened. I am sure courts of law have done justice, and they will do justice. It will increase faith in the Constitution, because the Constitution is the only instrument which can do justice and which has done justice,” he said. He also said the pond should be opened for “wazu”. “My disappointment is that SC could have nipped the issue in the bud. The 1991 act categorically states this act was made so that future controversies don’t arrive. I was hoping the SC would nip it in the bud,” he said. “If you look at sequence and chronology of Babri Masjid, it started with chabutra, then surreptitiously idols were placed, unlocking if gates demolition of Babri Masjid, makeshift temple was erected, permission to worship was given and then the Muslims lost the case. In the criminal case not a single person was convicted. That is why we are very apprehensive and please remember it is not just one issue of Gyanvapi,” he said. Owaisi added that a suit has been allowed in the Mathura eidgah issue “despite the agreement that happened between Muslims and the Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan which happened in 1968”. The Supreme Court on Friday transferred the case related to plea for worship at Gyanvapi mosque for consideration by the District Judge in Varanasi, saying in a view of complexity of matters, a senior and experienced judicial officer of the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service should examine it. A bench of the apex court headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud passed the interim order. (UNI)