The five Hindu women who filed a suit in a local court in Varanasi demanding daily darshan and pooja of what they said was a Maa Shringar Gauri sthal (holy site) in the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple premises are associated with a right-wing group which claims its ultimate goal is of a Hindu Rashtra.
The organisation, Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS), is involved in almost 170 cases “in interest of rashtra [nation] and dharma” across the country at different levels of the judiciary, its president Jitender Singh Vishen told The Hindu on Monday.
Mr. Vishen is also the uncle of Rakhi Singh, one of the five women petitioners in the case, which is currently being heard in the Civil Court Senior Division, Varanasi. There were reports on Sunday that Ms. Singh would withdraw her case but she did not.
