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Hyderabad, Oct.3 (PMI): A delegation of Congress leaders, led by TPCC Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail on Thursday met Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali and demanded that government restore access to places of worship on the Secretariat premises for regular prayers.
Sohail informed the Home Minister that the security personnel were not allowing anyone to enter the Secretariat to reach the two mosques located there to offer prayers. The entry has been restricted since September 30. Similarly, people are also not being allowed to pray at the temples on the Secretariat premises, he said, adding that it was wrong for the authorities to impose ban on entry of people at places of worship as it amounts to violation of their Right to Religion. The mosques and temples are not offices which can be closed down with a lock. “We will not allow demolition of places of worship even if the government gets all clearances to construct a new building for Secretariat,” Abdullah Sohail said. Although the High Court stayed the demolition of the Secretariat till next hearing on October 14, there was nothing that prohibits people from visiting the places of worship to offer prayers, he said.
The Home Minister assured Sohail that he would look into the matter after consulting officials concerned.
