Muslims not ready to lose another mosque: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said Muslims are not ready to lose another mosque after the Babri Masjid on a day it was claimed in a Varanasi court that a Shivling was found in the Gyanvapi complex during a surveyReacting to the development Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted No matter how much you hide the truth it will come out one day Satya hi Shiv hai Truth is Shiva he saidThe Vishva Hindu Parishad VHP claimed that the finding has proved that earlier a temple stood on the spotEarlier in the day a Varanasi court directed the district administration to seal a pond in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex after counsels representing the Hindu petitioners said a Shivling was found during a courtmandated videography surveyReferring to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya three decades ago and a 1949 incident when idols of Hindu deities surfaced there Owaisi askedMuslims to take a pledge that they wont allow its repeat in VaranasiIn a video posted on his twitter handle Owaisi said Muslims are not ready to lose another mosque after the Babri MasjidWhen I was 1920 years old the Babri Masjid was snatched from us and inshallah we will not allow this to happen with children of the age group he saidHe urged community members to take a pledge that they wont allow the loss of another mosqueWe know your tactics and we will not allow you to sting again he said apparently referring to rightwing Hindu outfitsThe mosque exists and it will exist inshallah till the judgment day The Gyanvapi mosque existed and till the time Allah keeps the world intact the mosque will remain he saidOwaisi said Muslims should make efforts that mosques keep flourishingRamzan is over and the walls of mosques are longing for people who had offered namaz at the home of the God for 30 days The mosques in villages and localities should be kept alive as evil forces want to deprive us of our culture They should get the message that the Muslims are not ready to lose a mosque in India again Owaisi saidIn a tweet the AIMIM chief also said the incident is a textbook repeat of December 1949 in Babri Masjid apparently referring to the appearance of idols in the mosque thenThe Vishva Hindu Parishad VHP expressed happiness over the claimed discovery and said it proved that earlier a temple existed thereThis Shivling was found in the presence of lawyers from both sides Therefore the place where the Shivling has been found is a temple It has been proved VHPs working president Alok Kumar said in Prayagraj on MondayI hope this evidence will be respected by people of the whole country he said hoping that this matter would reach its logical conclusionKumar said Since the matter is in the court it would not be appropriate to comment further After the courts verdict we will think about it further and then the VHP will be able to decide what further steps need to be takenThis 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