Dehradun, Sept. 6 -- Azad Samaj Party national spokesperson Naeem Qureshi on Sunday termed the demolition of a mosque in Saharanpur as "illegal and unconstitutional," alleging that the local administration bypassed the law and ignored Supreme Court directives to carry out the action.

Speaking to ANI, Qureshi said, "It is illegal; it is unconstitutional. What is deeply regrettable is that on such sensitive matters, court rulings are emerging in which there is no justice in which bias is far more evident, and hatred is far more evident. Waqf No. 451, Collectorate Mosque, is registered with the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board. People across India can log in to the UMEED portal and verify this as an open challenge."

He further argued that the a...