Triggering another controversy around the mosque at Shimla’s Sanjauli, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Shoaib Jamai said the buildings surrounding the mosque were of the same height. The leader’s comments, made in a video post after a visit to the complex, drew sharp reactions from various people including public works minister Vikramaditya Singh. “All the buildings around Shimla’s Sanjauli Mosque …
Protest over Shimla mosque: Representatives of the a Muslim welfare committee on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the Shimla Municipal Corporation Commissioner Bhupender Kumar Attri and asked the civic body to seal the unauthorised portion of the structure at Sanjauli, adding that it would demolish that part itself in accordance with a court order. Representatives of Masjid committee submit a …
Tension prevailed in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla on Wednesday as hundreds of people protesting against an alleged illegal mosque clashed with the police. Media Advisor to Himachal Pradesh CM Naresh Chauhan said that the BJP wanted to make this a Hindu-Muslim issue. Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Assembly Jairam Thakur, meanwhile, slammed the government saying that the state was delaying …
Ahead of the protests over the alleged illegal construction of Sanjauli mosque called on Wednesday, heavy police force has been deployed at the Dhalli tunnel in Shimla. Sanjeev Kumar, the Superintendent of Police of Shimla, conveyed that the stakeholders had said they would conduct peaceful protests, however, the police have taken all precautionary measures to maintain peace and law and …
Ahead of the protest call on Wednesday over alleged illegal construction of a mosque in Sanjauli, Shimla, DC Anupam Kashyap on Tuesday issued an order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, barring any gathering of five or more people in Sanjauli. A protest had earlier been staged over the alleged illegal construction of a mosque in Sanjauli, …