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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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