Members of the far-right Hindu groups opposed offering of namaz at open spaces in Haryana’s Gurgaon again, today after they occupied a site in Sector 12A to stop Muslims from praying.
As per a report by NDTV, the visuals from the site showed people sitting around – they assembled in the morning and claimed to be making a volleyball court. In effect, though, they are preventing prayers from taking place.
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Nearby, rows of cow dung cakes spread across the ground last week – after these right-wing groups held a “puja” that included spreading the dung over the namaz prayer spot – remain untouched, the report suggests.
The Muslim organisations, who have faced displays of intimidation at this and other sites for the past several weeks, have said they will not offer prayers at this site today.
Last week, on 2nd November, Gurgaon authorities withdrew permission to offer namaz at eight of these “designated” sites. The administration said this was after “objections” and warned that if similar “objections” were raised at other sites, “permission will not be given there”.
“Consent from the administration is necessary for namaz in any public and open place,” it said, adding, “If local people have objections at other places also, permission will not be given…”
Last month Gurgaon Police had to be deployed to keep the peace in Sector 12-A.
The administration had said a committee – to be constituted by Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg – will hold discussions on identifying alternative sites, but it is unclear if the committee has met since or if there has been progressing in selecting such spaces, the report says.
On 29th October, police detained 30 of these right-wing Hindu group members from Sector 12A; in videos of the stand-off, they could be seen with placards that read “Gurgaon administration, wake up from your sleep”.
Last month, these Hindu groups opposed the offering of Namaz in several other sectors too, including 12A and 47. Dozens of people had gathered chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and holding placards reading ‘stop namaz in open spaces’; police had been forced to deploy in large numbers.
Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister, ML Khattar has said everyone has a right to pray, but he also issued a caveat, saying “those offering prayers should not block road traffic”.
Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar – the junior Social Justice minister, and whose constituency is in Haryana, said people must be allowed to pray if the sites had been designated for such purposes.