Lucknow, Sept. 5 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the demolition of a mosque in Saharanpur, saying the move violates the Constitution and the Places of Worship Act, 1991.

Speaking to ANI, Singh said, "This is a blatant violation of the country's Constitution. We have the 'Places of Worship Act,' which ensures that no religious site existing prior to 1947-whether a temple, mosque, gurudwara, or church-can be tampered with. This mosque in Saharanpur had existed since 1911; yet, a bulldozer was sent to demolish it."

Places of Worship Act, 1991 was enacted to freeze the status of religious places of worship as they existed on August 15, 1947, and prohibits the con...