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Reconstruction of tomb of Sufi saint disallowed

By Manas Dasgupta

AHMEDABAD JUNE 23. Reconstruction of the tomb of noted Gujarati poet, Wali Gujarti, which was destroyed during the communal riots here, has been disallowed.

The All Gujarat Minorities Association had planned to lay the foundation stone for the tomb of the 18th century Sufi saint on Sunday.

The tomb, which was situated in the middle of a road near the office of the Police Commissioner, was destroyed during the riots and the municipal corporation, though controlled by the Congress, had widened the road overnight.

While the foundation stone laying ceremony was planned today, it had organised a programme on Tuesday in which litterateurs and others from all over of the country would bring a brick to contribute for the reconstruction.

The association was initially given the clearance by police for the foundation laying ceremony. However, last night the police informed them that the permission had been cancelled.

Police sources said that it was the municipal corporation which had withheld the permission because the reconstruction in the middle of the road could again create law and order problem.

The civic body, apparently, was under pressure from the Government not to allow any such reconstruction which could open trigger demand for reconstruction of temples which were removed for encroachment.

The association had planned the programme in keeping with the assurance given by the Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, that all mosques, mazhars and other places of worship would be restored back to pre-Godhra carnage status.

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