'History not made by us, don't look for Shivling in every mosque': RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Gyanvapi case

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• Jun 3, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

The RSS chief added that everyone involved in the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute should sit together and find a way with mutual consent.

Digital Desk: color:#0E101A"> RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said the Gyanvapi dispute involves
all should accept some issues of faith and the court's decision on it, but
there was also no need to find a 'Shiv Ling' in every mosque and start a new
dispute every day.

color:#0E101A">Addressing the concluding ceremony of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh's third-year officer training camp, he said that the RSS had already made
it clear that its participation in the Ayodhya agitation was an exception and
it would not undertake such agitations in future.

color:#0E101A">"Now the Gyanvapi mosque (in Varanasi) issue is going on.
There is history that we cannot change. We do not make that history, nor do
today's Hindus or Muslims. It happened at the time when Islam came to India
with the invaders. During the invasion, temples were destroyed to weaken the
fortitude of the people wanting freedom. There are thousands of such
temples," he said.

color:#0E101A">But the Sangh did not want to say anything on this issue,
Bhagwat said. "We had said what we had to say on November 9 that there was
Ram Janmabhoomi agitation. We joined in it, though it was against our nature
due to some historical reasons and the situation at that time. We completed
that work, and now we do not want to pursue any more agitations",
he added.

color:#0E101A">The RSS chief added that everyone involved in the Gyanvapi
mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute should sit together and find a way with
mutual consent.

color:#0E101A">But as this does not happen every time people approach courts,
the court's " decision should be accepted by all considering the justice
system as sacred and supreme," Bhagwat said.

color:#0E101A">"We indeed have special, symbolic faith in such places, but
one should not raise a new issue every day. Why escalate disputes? As to
Gyanvapi, we have certain faith, some traditions, but why to look for a Shiv
Ling in every mosque?" the RSS chief said.

color:#0E101A">He was referring to claims by Hindu petitioners in the Gyanvapi
case that a Shiv Ling (a symbol of the Hindu deity Shiva) had been found in a
pond on its premises.

color:#0E101A">He said that Muslims are not outsiders even though their way of
worship came from outside.

color:#0E101A">"Our tradition is the same, and some nationalist Muslims
have fought with Hindus in many freedom struggles, and they are ideals for the
Muslims of our country," Bhagwat added.