By PTI
Prayagraj (UP), Feb 11 (UP) A gathering of seers organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) here on Sunday called for “liberating” Mathura and Kashi like Ayodhya.
Addressing the gathering at the Magh Mela here, Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti general secretary Swami Jitendranand Saraswati said, “We have talked about three temples. If the Muslim community does not abandon its claims over Kashi and Mathura, we will lay claim to all our demolished temples and eliminate our stigma.”
He said that after the consecration ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the Muslim community should abandon their claims over Kashi and Mathura.
He was making an apparent reference to the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute in Varanasi and the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah issue in Mathura.
“The resolution taken here never remains unfulfilled and today we all have resolved that like Ayodhya, we will also liberate Mathura and Kashi,” Saraswati, who presided over the meet, said.
The gathering discussed various issues such as religious conversion, “love jihad”, social harmony, and the propagation of Hinduism, he said.
“Sanatan Dharma was attacked so much, yet we survived due to the power of our religion,” he said, adding the seers will discuss the issues of Kashi and Mathura soon.
VHP leader Dinesh said the organisation will work on the issues brought up by the seers and will plan its future programmes under their guidance.
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