A plea filed by Congress's KC Venugopal seeks strict implementation of one of the provisions of the Places of Worship Act (POWA), which prohibits lawsuits to reclaim a place of worship or to change its character from what it was on August 15, 1947.
By picking a Muslim-dominated Seelampur constituency to launch its electoral campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi apparently wants to pander to the Muslim votebank which has gradually drifted towards the other anti-BJP alternative—AAP by catering to the “minority khatre mein hai” narrative and positioning itself as the protector of the community.
By the memoir of NN Mukherjee, is it evident that the Congress government back then whether the Jawaharlal Nehru government at the center or the Pant-led state government in Uttar Pradesh did everything in their power to suppress evidence of the stampede by burning the mortal remains of the victims.
Responding to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh remarks, Manipur CM Biren Singh defended his recent apology for the state's violence, attributing the turmoil to Congress's historical actions. He further called for unity and healing among communities affected by conflict.