Summary:
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board says it would like to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath to lay the foundation stone for a hospital, school, library and other public facilities it plans to build on a five-acre plot the government has allocated to the Muslim community for an alternative mosque in lieu of the Babri masjid in Ayodhya.
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board says it would like to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath to lay the foundation stone for a hospital, school, library and other public facilities it plans to build on a five-acre plot the government has allocated to the Muslim community for an alternative mosque in lieu of the Babri masjid in Ayodhya.
HT reached out to the Prime Minister’s office and the PMO’s spokesperson, but received no response.
An Uttar Pradesh government spokesperson said: “It is not the time to respond to it.
It would be inappropriate on our part.” An advisor to the chief minister said: “It would be inappropriate to comment on something that’s only an idea.
Currently, there are divisions in the Muslim community and stakeholders over the utilisation of the land.
Let’s wait and watch.”
The mosque complex, to replace the Babri majid that was demolished on December 6, 1992 by Hindu activists, is due to come up in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village.
The Waqf Board has formed a trust called the Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation to oversee the construction of the mosque.