The head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple, Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, has filed a suit before the court of Civil Judge senior division, seeking worship of Shringar Gauri and other visible and invisible deities in the cellar of Gyanvapi mosque and appointment of District Magistrate or any other suitable persons as the receiver of the cellar in southern side of the building.
Only a few minutes after filing of the suit by Vyas’s lawyer Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi, another lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain filed an application before the court of district judge to direct for transfer of the suit to his court, mentioning that it will be deemed fit in the interest of justice.
Chaturvedi said the district judge fixed Tuesday (September 26) for next hearing.
Making Anjuman Intejamia Masjid Committee, the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, as defendant, Vyas, in his suit, mentioned that worship of deities was performed within cellar of the southern side of the building till 1993.
However, his ancestor and priest Vyasji was restrained from entering the barricaded area and thus performance of rituals and other ceremonies in cellar was stopped since then.
Congress holds pressers across 20 cities demanding immediate implementation women’s quota
The Congress on Monday held pressers across 20 cities demanding implementation of one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha from 2024 itself, along with reservation for women belonging to the OBC communities.
In a post on X, Congress General secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Today, 20 Congresswomen addressed the media in 20 different cities across the country demanding implementation of one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha from 2024 itself, along with reservation for women belonging to the OBC communities.”
In Chandigarh, Congress spokesperson Radhika Khera led the charge and hit back at the government, saying that women’s reservation is important for half the population for their political engagement and empowerment.
She said that with the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, many more women will come into the Parliament and the state Assemblies.
Stating that the Congress fully supports the Bill, which was recently passed by both Houses of the Parliament, Khera also asserted that the party had led the fight for women’s reservation since 1989 when former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi first brought the Bill for reservation in panchayats.
She also pointed out that when the first Bill for women’s reservation was brought, it was vehemently opposed by veteran BJP leaders like L.K. Advani, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Yashwant Singh.
This Bill could not be passed in the Lok Sabha by just seven votes, Khera claimed.
