Now Kashi and Mathura remain – Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Mumbai – The historic verdict of the Madhya Pradesh High Court regarding Bhojshala is not merely the victory of a structure, but a grand triumph of historical truth suppressed for centuries and of the struggle for liberation of temples encroached upon by foreign Islamic invaders. Although the struggle for the liberation of Bhojshala has succeeded today, a major contribution in this struggle was made by Mr Nawal Kishore Sharma, chief of the Bhojshala Liberation Movement, and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti. The Samiti wholeheartedly welcomes this historic verdict and proclaims the resolve that “…Now Kashi and Mathura remain to be liberated!”

Result of the agitation and Hindu convention organised by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

For the liberation of Bhojshala at Dhar, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti not only conducted agitations on the streets, but also carried out widespread awareness campaigns at the national level. Through the national platform of the ‘Vaishwik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav’ (All-India Hindu Rashtra Convention) held annually in Goa, legal and strategic resolutions regarding this issue were passed every year to determine the direction of the struggle. Devout Hindu organisations across the country had continuously appealed to the Madhya Pradesh Government and the Union Government regarding this matter. With this historic verdict delivered by the Court today, justice has been rendered to the sentiments of crores of Hindus and to Samiti’s prolonged agitation.

Struggle for Kashi and Mathura will continue until encroachments by invaders are removed

On this occasion, the national spokesperson of the Samiti, Mr Ramesh Shinde, said that Hindus in India have not had merely one or two temples encroached upon. Foreign invaders and religious extremists took advantage of tolerance of Hindus and illegally encroached upon thousands of temples, falsely claiming ownership over them. The verdicts in Ayodhya and Dhar (Bhojshala) have proved that the veil of falsehood cannot survive for long. Now the time has come for all encroached sites, from the Gyanvapi at Kashi to the Shrikrishna Janmabhoomi at Mathura, to be liberated.