Amid row over namaz, right-wing outfits offer ‘ghar wapsi’ to Muslims

Gurugram, December 19

In the ongoing issue over namaz in the open in the city, Hindu organisations have offered a solution in the form of ‘ghar wapsi’. The Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, which has been spearheading the protests against namaz, has offered conversion to Hinduism to the Muslims.

“The majority of non-migrant Muslims here had Hindu forefathers and they were converted. We offer them ‘ghar wapsi’. If anybody is wilfully ready to return to the religion of his forefathers, we will aid and welcome them. If many people are interested, we will organise a mass ‘ghar wapsi’ and sprinkle ‘Gangajal’ on them. With that, they will have no dearth of places to pray as they can pray at temples,” said Mahaveer Bhardwaj, chairman of the samiti.

The offer has rattled other communities who have demanded immediate intervention before communal tension engulfs the city. “What else do you expect when the CM himself endorses such behaviour? His no-tolerance comment flared up the situation. Now, it is his turn to provide an amicable solution that he talked about. Public spaces are used as we do not have enough mosques in the city,” said Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed.

Gurugram has 13 mosques that can accommodate 5,000 people. Though there are many properties of the Waqf Board, the majority are encroached upon and under litigation. — TNS