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VARANASI/NEW DELHI: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday welcomed the Varanasi court’s decision to allow a priest to worship deities in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosques while Anjuman Intehamia Masajid (AIM) joint secretary SM Yaseen said, “Ab humein insaaf ki ummid nahi rahi (Now, we have lost hope for justice).”
AIM advocate Akhlaque Ahmed said the distric judge’s order will be challenged in the high court.
VHP president Alok Kumar said: “Today, a court in Kashi has given a very important decision. We are glad that the court said the petitioner and Kashi Vishwanath can together appoint a pujari to ensure conduct of regular ‘puja-archana’ there. This has happened after 31 years.” He said after the Varanasi district court granted the grandson of Somanath Vyas the right to worship Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi mosque cellar. Vyas used to perform prayer there till 1993 when the cellar was closed by authorities.
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