In a transfer to forestall potential bother through the Kanwar Yatra, facades of two mosques and a mazar in Haridwar’s Jwalapur space had been lined with massive white sheets on Friday. This step, nevertheless, sparked objections from numerous quarters and the sheets had been eliminated by the night. The sheets, held on bamboo scaffoldings, had been positioned with none prior administrative order, in accordance with the mosque’s maulana and the mazar’s caretakers. They acknowledged that it was the primary time such a measure had been taken through the yatra.
In line with information company PTI, the Haridwar senior superintendent of police and the district Justice of the Peace had been unavailable for remark however Cupboard Minister Satpal Maharaj justified the motion, saying, “Any such factor is finished solely to forestall bother. It’s not such an enormous factor. We additionally cowl buildings when they’re beneath building.”
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By night, following objections from locals and politicians, the district administration eliminated the sheets. Danish Ali, a particular police officer (SPO) appointed for the yatra’s administration, stated, “We acquired orders from the railway police publish to take away the curtains. That’s the reason we now have come to take away these”, as quoted by PTI.
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Former Congress minister Naeem Qureshi expressed his dismay, saying, “We Muslims at all times welcome Shiv bhakts (devotees) for the Kanwar truthful and organize refreshments for them at numerous locations. This has been an instance of concord between Hindus and Muslims in Haridwar, and there has by no means been a convention of curtains.”
Shakeel Ahmad, a caretaker of the mazar, famous, “Nobody spoke with the caretakers about this — overlaying the non secular construction. Kanwariyas cease beneath the shade of timber exterior mosques and mazars to take relaxation. That is the primary time such a step was taken.”
Congress chief and former district panchayat president Rao Afaque Ali referred to as the administration’s determination “stunning” and added, “It has by no means occurred earlier. Some kanwariyas additionally go to mosques to pay obeisance. India is a rustic the place everybody takes care of each faith and caste. At this time mosques are being lined, what is going to occur if temples are lined on this method tomorrow?”
Uttarakhand Congress vp Suryakant Dhasmana labelled the motion as contempt of the Supreme Court docket. “The order to place curtains on mosques and mazars on the Kanwar Yatra route in Haridwar district, whoever has issued it, goes towards the Supreme Court docket which has put a keep on an order which requested resort and restaurant house owners and fruit distributors on the path to show their names, caste, and spiritual id,” he stated, as per PTI.
Criticising the ruling BJP, Dhasmana acknowledged, “The message it has missed is that your entire nation is one. BJP’s divisive and discriminatory politics has been rejected. However the get together will not be studying.”