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Govt will not allow prayers in protected monuments: Chidambaram New
Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today made it clear that the government
would not allow prayers in monuments protected by the heritage body except in
12 structures where they were being offered for years after a stand-off between
ASI and worshippers here on Friday. "We have made it very clear that such prayers
in protected monuments will not be allowed," said Chidambaram when asked to comment
on Friday prayers being offered at a mosque in Qutub Minar. He said the Centre
had made this clear yesterday, when such attempts were made and law was enforced.
"In the Jamali Kamali mosque, a protected monument, that was enforced yesterday,"
Chidambaram said making an appeal to people not to violate the norm. "In those
12 places de facto status quo are intact. We are for defacto status quo. But in
no other protected monuments prayers will be allowed to be offered," Chidambaram
said. -Aug 1, 2009
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