Will accept court’s decision in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute: RSS leader
A senior RSS leader on Tuesday said that all facts related to the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque controversy have been presented before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, and the court’s decision will be accepted. “We have no separate viewpoint in this matter,” said Prakash Shastri, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Malwa province, speaking to reporters here.
As the matter was before the High Court, it would be inappropriate to comment on it, he said, adding, “All facts have been presented before the court. Whatever the court’s decision may be, we will accept it.”
The Sangh leader was responding to the question of whether the historical dispute was moving towards resolution in the light of the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) survey report. The ASI’s more than 2,000-page report indicated that a massive structure dating back to the reign of the Parmar kings existed within the Bhojshala complex in Dhar district. Repurposed parts of the ancient structures were used in the later construction of the colonnades of the mosque, it said.
The Hindus consider Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, while the Muslim community claims that the structure, believed to date back to the 11th century, is a mosque.
