Sansad Watch Ep 35: Gyanvapi's Babri connection
In response to communal violence, the Indian parliament had passed the Places of Worship Act.
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The controversy around the Gyanvapi Masjid isn't recent but took root three decades ago with L K Advani's Ram Janmabhoomi Rath Yatra. In response to communal violence, the Indian parliament had passed the Places of Worship Act, 1991 – the law being cited in the Gyanvapi case 32 years later.
We trace the controversy, what the legislation is about, and how it is linked to the mosque in Varanasi.
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Why the Places of Worship Act is crucial to the Gyanvapi mosque controversy
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