An application has been filed in Varanasi court to demolish the wall beside the wazukhana where a Shivling is claimed to have been found during the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises, said lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, on Wednesday. “The court ordered to remove Advocate Commissioner Ajay Mishra for hiring a private cameraman and leaking the contents of the survey. Further, we filed an application for the demolition of the wall beside the wazukhana so that we can enter further,” said Jain. The Varanasi civil court on Tuesday removed the Advocate-Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra from
the panel formed to survey the Gyanvapi mosque.
The court-appointed special Commission has also received two more days to submit the survey report. The three-day-long court-monitored videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on Monday. The Hindu petitioner in the case, Sohan Lal Arya on Monday claimed that the committee found a Shivling at the complex. Arya, who accompanied the court commission for the mosque survey, said that they have found “conclusive evidence”.
The Supreme Court heard the plea seeking a stay on the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi on Tuesday and observed that till the next date of hearing Varanasi District Majistrate will ensure that the Shivling area will be protected, but it will not impede access of Muslims to the mosque for prayers.
Meanwhile, the hearing on the Gyanvapi Mosque matter was not be held in Varanasi court on Wednesday because of a strike by the lawyers. Bar Association has an objection to a notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh government to the lawyers. Lawyers are holding a state-wide strike over the matter.
Following the lawyers’ strike, the Muslim side sought two days’ time from the court to file their objection plea. Notably, the Court Commissioner has also been granted two days’ time by the court on Tuesday to file his report.
Meanwhile, Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) Trust Chairman Prof Nagendra Pandey on Wednesday demanded handing over of the Shivling claimed to have been found in Gyanvapi Mosque to Kashi Vishwanath Temple for proper worship till the matter is in court. “If idol of Baba Vishweshwar was found then how can it be a ‘wazukhana’, this cannot happen now. We demand that, until the ruling comes, Shivling be handed over to Kashi Vishwanath Nyas so that God can be duly worshipped,” Prof Pandey said.
