Protest against Hindu organization outside Qutub Minar, demand to change its name to ‘Vishnu Stambh’
Highlight
- Many members of Hindu organization Mahakal Manav Seva staged a sit-in outside Qutub Minar.
- They demanded to change the name of the memorial to ‘Vishnu Stambh’.
- This is not the first time that someone has claimed the minaret to be originally a Vishnu pillar.
Several members of Hindu organization Mahakal Manav Seva on Tuesday staged a sit-in outside the national capital’s famous monument Qutub Minar and demanded that it be renamed ‘Vishnu Stambh’.
This is not the first time that someone has claimed the minaret to be originally a Vishnu pillar.
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta has written to the civic body NDMC to rename the Tughlaq Road, Akbar Road, Aurangzeb Lane, Humayun Road and Shahjahan Road areas of the city. He tweeted his letter to the NDMC, but later deleted it.
BJP leader Adesh Gupta’s letter to NDMC
Earlier, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) spokesperson Vinod Bansal had also claimed that Qutub Minar was originally a Vishnu pillar. Bansal claimed that the structure was built from material obtained after 27 Hindu-Jain temples were demolished.
He said that the superimposed structure was created to harass the Hindu community.
Vinod Bansal said, “We demand that all the 27 temples that were demolished at the site in the past be rebuilt and Hindus be allowed to worship there.”
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