Amid the controversy over Gyanvapi mosque verdict, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya remarked that if the Samajwadi Party continues with politics of appeasement like this, it will soon turn into the 'Samaptwadi Party.'
After the Varanasi Court allowed Hindus to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, devotees flocked to the 'Vyas ka Tehkhana' inside the complex in Varanasi to offer prayers.
The Masjid Intezamia Committee of Gyanvapi mosque of Varanasi filed a revision petition in Allahabad High Court on Thursday against Varanasi District Court's order allowing Hindus to perform prayers inside the southern celler of Gyanvapi mosque.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Masjid Intezamia Committee of Gyanwapi mosque of Varanasi to approach Allahabad High Court against the Varanasi District Court's order which allowed Hindus to perform prayers of deities inside the southern celler of Gyanvapi mosque.
Responding to the Varanasi court's order, allowing the Hindu side to perform prayers in the sealed basement of Gyanvapi mosque premises, Jitendra Nath Vyas, on Thursday said that he is happy to learn that he has got the permission to resume puja there.
After the Varanasi Court's order in the Gyanvapi Mosque case, Nagendra Pandey, chairman of Kashi Vishwanath Trust said that no side should have any issues now and asserted that the Pooja will start soon.
After Varanasi Court allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, said that daily puja has started in 'Vyas parivar Tehkhana'."
After Varanasi Court allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, advocate Sohan Lal Arya said that arrangements have been made but Vyas Ka Tekhana has not been opened for the devotees yet.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi said that the judgement by a Varanasi court to allow Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tekhana' area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex was a violation of Places of Worship Act.
Reacting to Varanasi Court's order on Wednesday allowing Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tekhana' area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Muslim side lawyer Akhlaq Ahmed said that they will approach the Allahabad High Court to challenge Varanasi Court's decision.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that only two cellars have been opened in the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, while ten cellars are still closed.