Rajratna Ambedkar, the great-grandnephew of BR Ambedkar, on Wednesday called lower courts accepting pleas and issuing notices in “violation” of the Places of Worship Act an insult to the Constitution.
“If this (trend) continues, we will file petitions to ‘uncover’ Buddhist heritage sites beneath temples,” Rajratna Ambedkar, who’s also the president of the Buddhist Society of India, said during a press conference organised by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Ajmer.
On November, a lower court in Ajmer issued notices to the Ajmer Dargah committee, the Minority Affairs Ministry, and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) seeking their response on a petition claiming the dargah was built over a Shiva temple. The matter will be heard next on December 20.