Muslims in Raya Buzurg village under Asmoli Police Station took a bulldozer to the Ghausulbara mosque on Sunday. The demolition came as the four-day deadline given by the district administration to remove the "illegal" structure expired. The Ghausulbara mosque was initially scheduled for removal earlier, but the mosque committee members requested four days to carry out the demolition themselves.
The committee members first used hammers against the mosque, but as the deadline began to close in, they resorted to bulldozing it.
Yasin, a member of the mosque committee and a native of Raya Buzurg village, said, "Today marks the completion of the four days given to us. We are speeding the demolition of the mosque." Another villager, Zeeshan, said, "We are acting according to the time given to us by the administration and are demolishing the mosque ourselves." On October 2, an illegal marriage hall in the same area was demolished by the authorities in presence of police.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party MP Aditya Yadav alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to divide society on communal and caste lines and urged the people to oust it from power in the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking to the media after participating in the "PDA Yatra" in Gunnaur area of Sambhal district, Yadav alleged that the BJP wants to divert the people's attention from "real issues" by turning the 2027 elections into a "Hindu-Muslim contest". However, the SP would remain focused on the issues of development and social justice, the MP from Budaun asserted.
PDA is an acronym given by SP chief Akhilkesh Yadav for "picchde, Dalit, alpsankhyak' (backwards, Dalits and minorities).
"The BJP wants to divert people's attention from real issues by reducing every election into a Hindu-Muslim contest. But we will not be distracted. The SP will continue to raise the voice of backward classes, Dalits and minorities," Yadav said.
"Those who discriminate and act against people on the basis of caste and religion must be taught a lesson in 2027. The time has come to remove these dishonest people from power," he said.
On the recent bulldozer action against madrassas in Sambhal, Yadav alleged that the government was "deliberately targeting minorities and backward sections" to divert attention from core issues.
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