Hyderabad, Oct. 20 -- AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi and a delegation of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind have urged union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to intervene in the Race Course Masjid issue and halt the proposed demolition, citing the mosque's status as a gazetted Waqf property since 1977.
The Land and Development Office (L&DO) reportedly issued a six-day notice directing the occupants to vacate the premises, while electricity and water connections to the mosque were also reportedly disconnected.
In a post on X, Owaisi alleged that the Waqf Board had failed to challenge the demolition order or take steps to resolve the issue despite the mosque being a gazetted Waqf property since 1977.
He contended that the mosque ...