Mosque near Mathura temple should be given to Hindus: UP minister

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swarup Shukla has said Muslims should hand over a mosque close to a temple at the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to Hindus referring to it as a ldquosafed bhavanrdquo white structureIn provocative remarks on Monday he said while the court had resolved the Ayodhya issue the ldquowhite structuresrdquo in Varanasi and Mathura hurt HindusA time will come when the white structure in Mathura that hurts every Hindu will be removed with the help of the courtrdquo Shukla the minister of state for parliamentary affairs told reporters Monday eveningldquoDr Ram Manohar Lohia had said that the Muslims of India would have to believe that Ram and Krishna were their ancestors and that Babar Akbar and Aurangzeb were attackers Do not associate yourself with any building built by them he addedThe minister said The Muslim community should come forward and hand over the white structure located in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex in Mathura to Hindus Time will come when this work will be completedHe said on December 6 1992 lsquokarsewaks had removed a ldquoblot on Ramlallardquo and now a grand temple is being constructed there He was apparently referring to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by Hindutva mobsAsked about the conversion of former Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Wasim Rizvi to Sanatan dharma Hinduism he said Muslims should follow and do ghar wapsi return to HinduismAll Muslims in the country are converted If they see their history they will find that 200250 years ago they converted to Islam from Hinduism We will like all of them to do ghar vapasirdquo he said hailing Mr Rizvi for his courageous stepThis step is a challenge for Maulanas and Maulvis who live in the country and promote a Talabani mindset Mr Shukla saidHe said Indias basic culture is of Hindutva Hinduism and Bhartiyata and they are complementary to each otherHe termed the Samajwadi Party its founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and president Akhilesh Yadav as ldquoantiHindurdquo and accused them of ldquoordering firingrdquo on unarmed karsewaks in AyodhyaOn Sunday BJP MP Ravindra Kushwaha had said when the Narendra Modi government can repeal the farm laws keeping in mind the protests by farmers it can also withdraw the Places of Worship Special Provisions Act 1991 to pave way for the construction of a grand temple at Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in MathuraUttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had also offered support for a new temple in MathuraThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever