'Babri Masjid taken away systematically': Owaisi on Ram Mandir 'Pran Pratishtha'

‘Babri Masjid taken away systematically’: Owaisi on Ram Mandir ‘Pran Pratishtha’

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday reiterated his stance on the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha and claimed that the Babri Masjid was “very systematically” snatched from the Muslims.

Speaking to reporters in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi, Owaisi also said that had the masjid not been demolished in 1992, the Muslims wouldn’t have to see things how they are today.

“Muslims offered namaz in Babri Masjid for 500 years. When Congress’ GB Pant was the CM of Uttar Pradesh, idols were placed inside the masjid. Nair was the collector of Ayodhya at that time. He shut the masjid and started worshipping over there. Ram Mandir did not exist when VHP was formed,” news agency ANI quoted Owaisi as saying.

Furthermore, the Hyderabad MP also claimed that Mahatma Gandhi never mentioned anything about Ram Mandir. “Very systematically, Babri Masjid has been taken away from Indian Muslims. Had the Masjid not been demolished in 1992, we wouldn’t have to see things how they are today,” he claimed.

Owaisi also took a dig at Opposition parties, especially the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its convenor Arvind Kejriwal over his stance on Ram Mandir consecration. The AIMIM chief said that these leaders are busy pleasing the majority community but can’t speak about the minorities.

“Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is also in the INDIA alliance, says that we will organise ‘Sunderkand Paath’ and ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ every Tuesday. Nobody speaks anything about this because they are all busy targeting the votes of the majority community,” he added.

Even last week, AIMIM chief termed AAP as “RSS ka chota recharge” and questioned its decision to hold Sundarkand Paath ahead of Ram Temple consecration on January 22.

“Chhota Recharge of RSS has decided that the Sunderkand Path will be organised in every assembly constituency of Delhi on the first Tuesday of every month. This decision was taken because of the inauguration (Ram Mandir) on January 22,” he had said.

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