Taking exception to Sangh Pariwar’s denial of Babri Masjid’s existence in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi asserted that Babri Masjid was in fact there, and it would continue to be there.
“It was a historical fact that Babri Masjid was there in Ayodhya. Muslims have offered prayers in it for 500 years. It was snatched from Muslims in a systematically designed conspiracy. Now, Sangh Pariwar [a group of right-wing outfits headed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] people are claiming that Babri Masjid did not exist in Ayodhya. Babri Masjid was there and it will continue to be there in Ayodhya,” Mr. Owaisi, who represents Hyderabad Constituency in Lok Sabha, said in his brief interaction with media representatives in Kalaburagi on Saturday.
Training his guns at the members of the INDIA bloc, the national level non-BJP alliance, for their pro-Hindutva inclination, Mr. Owaisi criticised Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who called for teaching of Hindu religious texts in government schools.
