03-16-2005, 11:30 PM
This might be an attempt to influence the Ayodhya issue ???
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Taj controversy: BJP locks horn over monument
Pioneer News Service/ Lucknow
The state government and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) have locked horns over Taj Mahal. While the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board has reiterated its stand on the ownership of Taj Mahal, senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has said that Waqf Board cannot even pay salaries to its employees and how can it take care of such a monuments which has international repute.
The state minister Azam Khan has already said that Taj Mahal is a grave and as per Muslim law grave yard is the property of Waqf. He said that Taj should be handed over to the UP Sunni Waqf Board as it is a grave yard. `Taj is a Kabristan and therefore it should come under the control of Waqf Board', said he.
According to a member of the UP Sunni Waqf Board a notice has been sent to the Union Government as well as Archeological Survey of India (ASI) giving time till April 19 asking it to start the process of handing over the Taj Mahal to the board. The board has said that state government has supported its move and very soon a broader consensus will be made in this regard.
Mr Tandon has said that Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has all the infrastructures to take care of such monuments and hence Taj is safe in its hands. Commenting on UP Sunni Waqf Board demand of handing it over Taj Mahal, Mr Tandon said that this board cannot even wash the historical monuments. It may be mentioned that Sunni Waqf Board in Up has been facing acute financial crunch and its employees are not being paid salaries regularly.
According to the board members, those advocating for ASI's claim on Taj Mahal must remember that dozens of buildings maintained by this body is under the possession of board. `Let ASI maintain and look after the Taj Mahal but the control should be that of the Sunni Waqf Board', said a member.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Taj controversy: BJP locks horn over monument
Pioneer News Service/ Lucknow
The state government and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) have locked horns over Taj Mahal. While the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board has reiterated its stand on the ownership of Taj Mahal, senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has said that Waqf Board cannot even pay salaries to its employees and how can it take care of such a monuments which has international repute.
The state minister Azam Khan has already said that Taj Mahal is a grave and as per Muslim law grave yard is the property of Waqf. He said that Taj should be handed over to the UP Sunni Waqf Board as it is a grave yard. `Taj is a Kabristan and therefore it should come under the control of Waqf Board', said he.
According to a member of the UP Sunni Waqf Board a notice has been sent to the Union Government as well as Archeological Survey of India (ASI) giving time till April 19 asking it to start the process of handing over the Taj Mahal to the board. The board has said that state government has supported its move and very soon a broader consensus will be made in this regard.
Mr Tandon has said that Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has all the infrastructures to take care of such monuments and hence Taj is safe in its hands. Commenting on UP Sunni Waqf Board demand of handing it over Taj Mahal, Mr Tandon said that this board cannot even wash the historical monuments. It may be mentioned that Sunni Waqf Board in Up has been facing acute financial crunch and its employees are not being paid salaries regularly.
According to the board members, those advocating for ASI's claim on Taj Mahal must remember that dozens of buildings maintained by this body is under the possession of board. `Let ASI maintain and look after the Taj Mahal but the control should be that of the Sunni Waqf Board', said a member.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->