Days after a neighborhood court docket in Rajasthan ordered a survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a gaggle of former bureaucrats and diplomats have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The letter seeks PM Modi’s intervention to cease all these ‘unlawful and dangerous’ actions, that are an ‘ideological assault’ on India’s civilizational heritage and deform the thought of an inclusive nation.
The group of former bureaucrats and diplomats claimed that solely the Prime Minister can cease ‘all unlawful, dangerous actions’. He reminded PM Modi that he himself had despatched a ‘chadar’ on the event of the annual Urs of Twelfth century saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, paying respect to his message of peace and concord.
Who are the previous bureaucrats on this group?
The group consists of former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung, former High Commissioner of India to Britain Shiv Mukherjee, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi, former vice-chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Zameeruddin Shah and former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Ravi Veera Gupta. Are.
In a letter despatched to the Prime Minister on November 29, he stated that some unidentified teams claiming to signify Hindu pursuits are demanding an archaeological survey of medieval mosques and dargahs to show that there was once temples at these websites. Were. The group stated that regardless of the clear provisions of the Places of Worship Act, the courts additionally appear to answer such calls for with undue promptness and haste.
‘Unthinkable to order survey of Twelfth century Dargah’
The group stated, ‘For instance, it appears unimaginable for a neighborhood court docket to order a survey of the Twelfth-century shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, probably the most sacred Sufi shrine not just for Muslims in Asia, but additionally for all Indians. It is among the locations that are pleased with our syncretistic and pluralistic traditions.
thought-about the thought ridiculous
He stated, ‘The very concept {that a} mendicant saint, a fakir, who was an integral a part of the distinctive Sufi-Bhakti motion of the Indian subcontinent and was an embodiment of compassion, tolerance and concord, would do something to say his authority is ridiculous. Could have destroyed the temple.
Court despatched discover to ASI on 27 November
A civil court docket in Ajmer on November 27 issued discover to the Ajmer Dargah Committee, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) after Hindu Sena nationwide president Vishnu Gupta claimed that the dargah was initially a Shiva temple. Was launched.
