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#WATCH | Indore, Madhya Pradesh: On the Bhojshala case, Congress MP Digvijaya Singh says, "As far as the Bhojshala case is concerned, it requires a bit of study, and there are 2-3 reasons for this. The very first reason is that this is a protected monument under the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India). Under the regulations of the Archaeological Survey of India, there is legally no provision for worship, whether in a mosque, a temple, a Gurudwara, or a church. Now, the question has arisen as to whether this site is a Bhojshala or a mosque. The Archaeological Survey of India had conducted a survey of the site. At that time, when Uma Bharti was the Chief Minister, Sumitra Mahajan's husband served as the Government Pleader. In the report submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India, it was mentioned that they had found no evidence of a temple at the site. It was the government counsel who presented the Archaeological Survey of India's report, and in doing so, he stated that they had found no evidence of a temple there. The second point is this: after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Narasimha Rao enacted a law stating that, with the sole exception of the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute, no other temple or mosque in the country could be altered or converted after the date of independence; doing so would constitute a legally punishable offence. The BJP has no other agenda or issue to focus on other than the Hindu-Muslim divide..."
