Have replied, says AIMC on invite for Gyanvapi out-of-court settlement talks
VARANASI: The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) on Wednesday confirmed that it has replied to the letter despatched by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) chief Jitendra Singh Visen, to suggest discussions for an out-of-court-settlement of the Gyanvapi case.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) staff conducts scientific survey on the Gyanvapi mosque complicated in Varanasi on August 8 (PTI)
“We obtained the letter despatched by VVSS chief Visen by way of WhatsApp. We now have replied to Visen and (VVSS nationwide president) Santosh Singh,” AIMC joint secretary SM Yasin mentioned. He didn’t reveal the main points of the communication, saying the letter could be positioned earlier than the mosque committee.
Visen, who represents one of many 5 Hindu ladies in search of the precise to common worship on the Gyanvapi complicated in Varanasi, confirmed the event. “Sure, the committee has replied to the letter.”
Visen represents Rakhi Singh, who together with Rekha Pathak, Sita Sahoo, Lakshmi Devi and Manju Vyas, filed a go well with in a neighborhood Varanasi court docket in August 2021, in search of the precise to each day worship on the Shringar Gauri Sthal within the Gyanvapi complicated.
The case was transferred to the Varanasi district court docket in Might final 12 months the place it’s pending. The following listening to is on August 17.
Visen pitched for discussions to resolve the dispute on the bottom that “some anti-social components” had been trying to make the most of the authorized dispute between the 2 sides for his or her private achieve and mentioned that this might “show to be dangerous to each the nation and the society”.
“In such a scenario, it turns into the obligation of all of us to set an instance by settling this authorized matter peacefully by means of mutual negotiations, taking good care of the protection and safety of our nation and society,” Visen mentioned in his letter to the mosque committee.
“Subsequently, I request all of you to simply accept this invitation with an open and pious thoughts and are available ahead for talks to settle the above concern (the Gyanvapi matter). It’s doable {that a} peaceable answer will be discovered exterior the court docket of the above matter by mutual dialogue. We welcome all of you to this dialogue with an open and pure coronary heart,” Visen mentioned.
Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi, who represents the 4 different ladies who filed the go well with on behalf of the Hindu facet, nonetheless, has made it clear that they weren’t taking a look at negotiations.
“Our stand is evident that we’ll observe (the) authorized manner, which we adopted on this matter since (the) starting. In Might this 12 months, we filed an utility within the Varanasi district court docket, in search of an order for an Archeological Survey of India (ASI) survey in Gyanvapi. After listening to either side, the court docket on July 21 ordered for survey by ASI in barricaded space of Gyanvapi, excluding its sealed space. The survey is being executed by ASI within the Gyanvapi.”
