Varanasi (The Hawk): The chief of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS), Jitendra Singh Visen, has received a notice from the Varanasi police asking for clarification on his declaration that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be granted power of attorney in five cases including the Gyanvapi issue.
Police have given Visen three days to respond, or they would take legal action, after they ask him to clarify whether the chief minister's prior consent was obtained in this subject.
Visen received the notification from Inspector Chowk Shivakant Mishra in response to his newspaper-published declaration that he would grant the chief minister power of attorney over all five Gyanvapi-related matters that are now being litigated in various courts by VVSS or associates.
"The state of Uttar Pradesh is already included as a defendant in each of these proceedings, in addition to the district magistrate and police commissioner. According to the declaration that was made public, the chief minister's approval was not obtained. People are questioning how a chief minister can join a party in a case where the state of UP and its local governments have already been named as defendants due to the unclear and unfounded declaration, the notice added.
According to the notification, Visen has three days to respond with his clarification, or else legal and punitive action would be taken against him, according to police.
Visen acknowledged getting the notice. He explained, "It is a legal notification, which is not unusual, and I will respond within the allotted time."
But I have severe issues with the way the government employees wrote 'Gyanvapi Masjid,' he continued. We are claiming this building to be a temple, and the case is currently in court. How is it possible for any official to certify it as a mosque on a document? I have begun the processes to ask the chief minister and other relevant authorities for their consent to file a complaint against Inspector Chowk under section 153a of the IPC for inciting hatred between various groups based on race and religion.
As the situation is still pending and no government official is authorised to certify the Gyanvapi structure as a mosque in official documents, Visen declared, "I will file a lawsuit against Chowk police for referring to the Gyanvapi structure as a mosque in the notice."
Visen continued by saying that rather than a chief minister, he would give Mahant Yogi Adityanath of the Goraksh Peeth the power of attorney in these situations.
Earlier, we had planned to finish the power of attorney paperwork by November 15; however, this procedure is currently being sped up to take two to three days to complete.
Plaintiff 1 in the lawsuit no. 18/2022 Rakhi Singh vs. state of UP and others, in which five female plaintiffs seek permission to worship Shringar Gauri and other deities within the grounds of the Gyanvapi mosque, is Visen's niece Rakhi Singh. The district judge Varanasi court is currently hearing this case.
In addition, Visen-led VVSS is contesting four additional lawsuits, including one in civil judge (senior division) fast-track court that seeks to deny Muslims access to Gyanvapi mosque and transfer control of Aadi Visheshwar temple to Hindus.
On October 28, Visen had announced giving the chief minister the power of attorney, which is a legal authorization that enables a designated individual to act on behalf of someone else.
A day later, he also declared that he would provide the chief minister the money that had been deposited in the bank accounts of VVSS, himself, his wife and son, Rakhi Singh, and her husband.
(Inputs from Agencies)