'ASI protected monument not worship place': Digvijay Singh calls HC Bhojshala verdict 'vague'

NEW DELHI: Congress MP and erstwhile Madhya Pradesh main curate Digvijaya Singh connected Sunday questioned the precocious court's Bhojshala verdict, claiming that a monument protected by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) cannot beryllium a "place of worship".

He further called the court's verdict "vague". "ASI's protected monument is not a spot for worship...in a study submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India, it was mentioned that they had recovered nary grounds of a temple astatine the site...High Court's bid is precise vague," ANI quoted him saying.

This comes arsenic Bhoj Utsav Samiti subordinate Ashok Kumar Jain alleged that restrictions were imposed connected Hindu worship during Digvijaya Singh's tenure arsenic MP CM. "We utilized to connection prayers present each Tuesday, but the Congress authorities authorities nether Digvijay Singh enactment restrictions connected america and allowed america lone erstwhile a twelvemonth connected Basant Panchami, portion giving the rights to connection Namaz to the Muslims," ANI quoted him saying.The MP HC connected Friday held that the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula analyzable retains the spiritual quality of Bhojshala, describing it arsenic a temple devoted to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati) from the Bhoj-Parmar era.

The tribunal besides partially quashed the Archaeological Survey of India’s April 7, 2003 bid that had allowed members of the Muslim assemblage to connection Friday Namaz astatine the site. According to ASI counsel Aviral Vikas Khare, the Bhojshala analyzable volition proceed to stay nether the extortion and absorption of the Archaeological Survey of India.