Summary:
The mood of the women who performed the puja was belligerent as they said that Hindus have every right to have their prayers there, if the Muslims can offer namaaz. "I was not present for the afternoon namaz and came only for the ‘asar’ and ‘maghrib’ namaz,” he said. He deplored the "provocative" act of performing puja inside the mosque and said that the administration and ASI should take steps to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.Sadik Ali, the Imam of the mosque, whose forefathers were appointed by the Mughal emperors, said that religiously, performing puja at the mosque is absolutely wrong. He said action should be taken against those who did so. "If Muslims are being allowed to offer namaz here on all the days, then even we can do our puja at our Tejo Mahalaya," said Meena Devi Diwakar, district president of Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad, who performed the puja with "dhoop bati" and poured "ganga jal" inside the mosque premises..