Amid escalating tensions over the Sanjauli mosque in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, a Muslim welfare committee on Thursday urged the municipal commissioner to seal the unauthorised portion and also offered to demolish it in accordance with a court order. A delegation of the committee made the request in a representation to Municipal Commissioner Bhupendra Attri and said Muslims living in the …
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 …
Amid escalating tensions over the Sinjauli mosque in Shimla, a masjid committee has written to the local civic body stating they’ll “demolish the disputed part of the mosque if found illegal”. If the mosque is found illegal in the administration’s investigation, then as per the order, the Masjid Committee itself wants to demolish the disputed part.” A delegation of the …
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 …
Amid the ongoing protest over the ‘illegal’ construction of Sanjauli mosque in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla, the Waqf Board on Friday took action in connection to the row and has taken the entire mosque under its control. The Board’s action came after massive protest erupted outside the Sanjauli Masjid in Shimla with members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, various Hindu organisations …