The Muslim side will not "concede any mosques to the Hindu side", convener of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi recently said, referring to the findings of ASI at the Gyanvapi mosque site in Varanasi. He added, "If tomorrow, we start digging Rashtrapati Bhavan, we are bound to find something. We have been offering namaz at the site for hundreds of years." Owaisi also noted that the case of Gyanvapi is different from the Babri masjid one and asserted that "Muslims are not offering prayers there (the place in Ayodhya where Ram Mandir is built)". On January 31, 2024, the Varanasi district court allowed a plea by the Hindu plaintiffs seeking worshipping rights in the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque.

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2024 06:01 UTC