Want Kashi, Mathura back,ready to move court: ABAP

Prayagraj: The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), the apex body of 13 recognised monastic orders in the country, has decided to raise the demand for getting Kashi and Mathura back on the lines of Ayodhya, through an amicable solution or else it would move court. It also called for support of VHP, RSS and other Hindu bodies to their demand.
ABAP also said the government should not ban Magh Mela next year though it could be a low-key affair.
The representatives of all 13 akharas held an emergency meeting at Shri Math Baghambari Gaddi and passed eight resolutions unanimously after a marathon discussion.
ABAP president Mahant Narendra Giri said, “The akhara parishad appeals for support for liberating Kashi and Mathura from Hindu organisations, including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), and from every common man, including Hindus and Muslims. We want a solution for this long pending demand to be found amicably failing which ABAP would move the court.”
It was decided that now as the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya has started, a strategy should be chalked out to free Kashi and Mathura, he added.
“The akhara parishad would launch a countrywide movement to marshal support for the demand. ABAP would do everything possible within the framework of the Constitution to liberate the two temples,” Giri said.