Lucknow: “Ayodhya Hui humari, ab Kashi-Mathura ki turn’ – this was a tweet by the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Keshav Maurya on 1st December
On the same day, the All India Hindu Mahasabha quietly withdrew its call to install an idol of Krishna inside the Shahi Idgah mosque.
The tweet didn’t create the storm it expected and there was little to no reaction to the General Assembly’s decision.
Obviously, ‘liberation’ Mathura It failed to get the support of the people and this was one of the reasons why the Mahasabha stepped back.
Ram Lal Sharma, a local said, “We want to live in harmony and if our temples are not disturbed, we certainly do not want any trouble over such issues. The people of Mathura certainly do not belong to any community. Not expecting to clash with him.” Businessman.
Mathura, more KashiThe 2022 elections in Uttar Pradesh are not possible as electoral issues and the Bharatiya Janata Party has realized this in time.
Disputes related to both the shrines are already in court and they may take many years to come to a decision.
Meanwhile, in Varanasi, the inauguration of the grand Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor on December 13 has diverted the issue of the Gyanvapi mosque from attention.
Pandit Ram Narayan Acharya, a 73-year-old priest from Sigra, said, “The Kashi Vishwanath temple has already acquired a new glory and grandeur. The temple itself is a grand entity, so the presence of the mosque does not impress us.” area.
Most residents of Varanasi now believe that raising the Gyanvapi controversy will serve no purpose as the ‘temple has its own place and importance’ after the renovation.
Both Mathura and Kashi come under the purview of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which seeks to maintain the religious character of religious places as it was at the time of independence.
If the campaign for the liberation of Mathura and Kashi is carried out then the central government will have to repeal the act and it will not be a socially and politically easy task.
Ayodhya, incidentally, was exempted from the Act, which was passed a year before the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
A major factor that differentiates Ayodhya from Mathura and Kashi is that the Ayodhya movement was initiated by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its leaders, including Ashok Singhal and Pravin Togadia.
Both the leaders had succeeded in turning the campaign for the temple into a mass movement and the active participation of the common man was evident in all the programs organized by the VHP for the Ram temple.
There is no active participation of VHP in the call for Kashi and Mathura, though some leaders have talked about it randomly.
Moreover, even the current VHP leadership is not as aggressive as Singhal and Togadia and may not be able to create equal passion for both these temples. It seems that even the VHP is not showing enough interest in doing the same.
The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the apex body of priests, had announced in October 2019 that it would soon launch an agitation to demolish mosques in Mathura and Varanasi, but so far this has not happened.
The BJP, which was propelled to become the dominant political force in the country due to the Ayodhya movement, is also not very interested in pursuing the issues of Kashi and Mathura. so it seems.
“When we have the governance and charisma of Prime Minister Modi, why raise controversial issues? Muslims have started supporting us in large numbers and there is no need to raise these issues. The Prime Minister has unmatched grandeur. We have provided Kashi Vishwanath temple and we are sure that he will do the same thing in Mathura without disturbing the Idgah.”
The Shahi Idgah in Mathura and the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi are not the only two Islamic temples under threat from right-wing Hindu organizations affiliated with the Sangh Parivar.
Cases are going on in the court regarding the Qutub Minar and the tiled mosque in Lucknow. Cases are being pursued with arguments that match the arguments made earlier on the Babri Masjid – first try to ‘prove’ his argument, and if that fails, claim it ‘ A matter of faith’ which cannot be subject to judicial inquiry. ,
However, since people have clearly moved on from such issues and are focusing on a better tomorrow, issues like Kashi and Mathura are unlikely to turn into election issues.
On the same day, the All India Hindu Mahasabha quietly withdrew its call to install an idol of Krishna inside the Shahi Idgah mosque.
The tweet didn’t create the storm it expected and there was little to no reaction to the General Assembly’s decision.
Obviously, ‘liberation’ Mathura It failed to get the support of the people and this was one of the reasons why the Mahasabha stepped back.
Ram Lal Sharma, a local said, “We want to live in harmony and if our temples are not disturbed, we certainly do not want any trouble over such issues. The people of Mathura certainly do not belong to any community. Not expecting to clash with him.” Businessman.
Mathura, more KashiThe 2022 elections in Uttar Pradesh are not possible as electoral issues and the Bharatiya Janata Party has realized this in time.
Disputes related to both the shrines are already in court and they may take many years to come to a decision.
Meanwhile, in Varanasi, the inauguration of the grand Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor on December 13 has diverted the issue of the Gyanvapi mosque from attention.
Pandit Ram Narayan Acharya, a 73-year-old priest from Sigra, said, “The Kashi Vishwanath temple has already acquired a new glory and grandeur. The temple itself is a grand entity, so the presence of the mosque does not impress us.” area.
Most residents of Varanasi now believe that raising the Gyanvapi controversy will serve no purpose as the ‘temple has its own place and importance’ after the renovation.
Both Mathura and Kashi come under the purview of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which seeks to maintain the religious character of religious places as it was at the time of independence.
If the campaign for the liberation of Mathura and Kashi is carried out then the central government will have to repeal the act and it will not be a socially and politically easy task.
Ayodhya, incidentally, was exempted from the Act, which was passed a year before the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
A major factor that differentiates Ayodhya from Mathura and Kashi is that the Ayodhya movement was initiated by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its leaders, including Ashok Singhal and Pravin Togadia.
Both the leaders had succeeded in turning the campaign for the temple into a mass movement and the active participation of the common man was evident in all the programs organized by the VHP for the Ram temple.
There is no active participation of VHP in the call for Kashi and Mathura, though some leaders have talked about it randomly.
Moreover, even the current VHP leadership is not as aggressive as Singhal and Togadia and may not be able to create equal passion for both these temples. It seems that even the VHP is not showing enough interest in doing the same.
The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the apex body of priests, had announced in October 2019 that it would soon launch an agitation to demolish mosques in Mathura and Varanasi, but so far this has not happened.
The BJP, which was propelled to become the dominant political force in the country due to the Ayodhya movement, is also not very interested in pursuing the issues of Kashi and Mathura. so it seems.
“When we have the governance and charisma of Prime Minister Modi, why raise controversial issues? Muslims have started supporting us in large numbers and there is no need to raise these issues. The Prime Minister has unmatched grandeur. We have provided Kashi Vishwanath temple and we are sure that he will do the same thing in Mathura without disturbing the Idgah.”
The Shahi Idgah in Mathura and the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi are not the only two Islamic temples under threat from right-wing Hindu organizations affiliated with the Sangh Parivar.
Cases are going on in the court regarding the Qutub Minar and the tiled mosque in Lucknow. Cases are being pursued with arguments that match the arguments made earlier on the Babri Masjid – first try to ‘prove’ his argument, and if that fails, claim it ‘ A matter of faith’ which cannot be subject to judicial inquiry. ,
However, since people have clearly moved on from such issues and are focusing on a better tomorrow, issues like Kashi and Mathura are unlikely to turn into election issues.
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