New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday urged Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to intervene immediately amid reports that the Race Course Mosque in New Delhi is facing demolition.

In a post on X, Owaisi said the case "needs Kiren Rijiju's urgent intervention" and listed three concerns, stating that the Mosque is a gazetted waqf property but the waqf board has not intervened. He also highlighted that there is no Delhi Waqf Board at present.

"1. Despite the masjid being a gazetted waqf property since 1977, the waqf board did not challenge the demolition order. Neither did it make any effort to resolve the issue 2. Even the Waqf Amendment Act protects the masjid since it's ...