Mosques and mazars on kanwar route in Haridwar ‘covered up’ | India News – Times of India
HARIDWAR: Amid the ongoing controversy over UP and Uttarakhand govt directives over eateries and stalls along the kanwar route, large white screens were put up in front of a few mosques and mazars in Haridwar “in a bid to keep religious places of the minority community away from public view”.The head of a mosque called the measure “unprecedented”. Several kanwariyas said this was “unnecessary”.Many Hindu residents of Haridwar also questioned the move, with one of them dubbing it “condemnable”.However, senior Uttarakhand cabinet minister Satpal Maharaj justified it, saying, “This has been done so that there is no unnecessary excitement or provocation from any side and the yatra runs smoothly.” Acknowledging that “this has been done for the first time”, he added: “Govt will look at the fe...