After the Supreme Court decision on the Places of Worship (Special Provision) Act 1991, Advocate Hari Shankar Jain on Friday said that he has pledged to reclaim all the Hindu temples which have been broken to build mosques.
Advocate Hari Shankar Jain said the Varanasi court order allowing Hindu devotees to offer prayers at the Gyanvapi mosque complex has restored the right to offer prayers, calling it a "historic decision."
Reacting to the Archaeological Survey of India's report on the Gyanvapi Case, Advocate Hari Shankar Jain on Friday asserted that report clearly stated that a temple "existed" at the site of Gyanvapi mosque and urged the government to declare it a "national monument."
"According to the ASI report, a Hindu temple was destroyed to construct the current structure. The Western Wall is 5000 years old, and it belongs to a Hindu temple. The ASI said that pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses are found on the walls of the structure. Inscriptions are in different l
Hours after the Varanasi district court on Wednesday directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report be made public, advocate Hari Shankar Jain, the counsel for the Hindu side, claimed that "there is evidence to show that the mandir was demolished to make way for the construction of
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 19 (ANI): After the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing in the Gyanvapi mosque case till Friday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot slammed the Centre for 'doing politics in the name of religion' and posing a 'threat to democracy'.