Calls for ‘liberation’ of Kashi, Mathura
PRAYAGRAJ : The Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP), the top decision-making body of the 13 recognised Hindu monastic orders of the country, has demanded the ‘liberation’ of Kashi and Mathura. It has also called for other Hindu religious bodies including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to support their demand.
In Varanasi (Kashi), Gyanvapi mosque shares a boundary wall with Kashi Vishwanath temple, while in Mathura, the Shahi Idgah mosque stands next to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple premises—both of which the seers want removed.
In a meeting of the ABAP, held at Shri Mutt Baghambari Gaddi in the city, seers from all prominent akhadas unanimously passed eight resolutions and demanded that since construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya had finally begun, it was time to ‘free’ Kashi and Mathura for which, ABAP was ready to even move the Supreme Court, if needed.
“The Akhada Parishad appeals for voluntary support from Hindu organisations including Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to liberate Kashi and Mathura and also from the common man of the country including both Hindus and Muslims. We wish for an amicable solution through consensus to this long-pending demand. But if this fails, the ABAP will move the Supreme Court”, said Akhada Parishad president Narendra Giri.
On the issue of next year’s Magh Mela, the Akhada Parishad appealed to the state government not to ban the annual religious fair. “We want that the mela be held observing the Covid-19
prevention guidelines of the central and state governments. We demand that rather than organisations, only a limited number of seers and all regular Kalpwasis be allowed to stay in the mela area so that norms under the present crisis may be followed,” Giri said.
The seers also thanked the UP CM Yogi Adityanath for his action against ‘love jihad’. Giri said that the Parishad demanded a probe by the CBI into the Palghar incident. The seers resolved to hold the Akhada Parishad’s next meeting at Mathura on October 18.