'Shut down all fountains of Taj Mahal too': Asaduddin Owaisi on Gyanvapi Masjid's Shivling row

Opposing the claims made by the petitioners in Varanasi court docket, the AIMIM chief had stated earlier that the Shivling came across inner the Gyanvapi Masjid through the controversy is mostly a fountain, and ridiculed the shutting down of the space.Owaisi identified that if the fountain inner the Gyanvapi Masjid is to be notion to be a Shivling by the court docket, then “the total fountains of Taj Mahal” needs to be shut down. He additional slammed the Bhartiya Janta Occasion (BJP) amid the controversy, which is the ruling birthday celebration in Uttar Pradesh.In a listening to conducted on Could well well also 17, the Supreme Court docket had stated that Muslims are allowed non secular observance inner the mosque, which manner that they’ll ‘create wuzu khana’ – the ritual act of purification before the offering of prayers – on the mosque.As per ANI experiences, Owaisi stated, “The Supreme Court docket present an explanation for states Muslims are allowed non secular observance, which manner we will be capable to create ‘wuzu’ there. It is a fountain. If it happens love this then all fountains of the Taj Mahal ought to be shut down. BJP needs to clutch the country abet to the 1990s when riots ensued.”The AIMIM leader had also stated that the Muslim community has already “lost” the Babri mosque and that he will no longer lose one other masjid. He had stated that the Shivling came across inner the Gyanvapi complex is a fountain, and did no longer abet Varanasi court docket for deciding to seal the space.Owaisi additional wondered the choice of the lower quote for sealing the space of Gyanvapi mosque handiest on the speculation of the claim made by the petitioner alone, since the commission has no longer submitted the gaze advise on the subject yet.The Gyanvapi Masjid row erupted when the lower court docket ordered a gaze of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex after several girls filed a petition searching out for the honest to offer prayers inner the mosque on claims that there would possibly be a temple inner the complex.(With ANI inputs)READ | Why is Gyanvapi mosque below scanner? How controversy started