The disciplinary committee of Telangana Congress party (TPCC) asked party leader Rashid Khan to submit his explanation over his controversial signature campaign urging the State government to allow them to offer ‘namaz’ at the historic monument Charminar beside Bhagya Laxmi temple. It gave five days for the party leader to submit his explanation.
The TPCC committee issued these instructions after giving a personal hearing to Rashid Khan.
Rashid Khan told the committee members that they were not against the continuous ceremony of Pooja at the Bhagya Laxmi temple and added that he was carrying out his signature campaign urging the State and Central government authorities to allow them to offer namaz on the old mosque located atop of the Charminar.
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Rashid Khan also stated that he had met with Union minister G. Kishan Reddy on the issue and urged him to allow them to offer “namaz” and added that namaz used to be performed in the old mosque in the past.
Stating that several people committed suicide by jumping from the top of the Charminar in the past, the Union minister asked Rashid Khan that he should seek the permission of the State government as it involved a law and order issues. He made it clear that he did not raise a new issue but added that he had been fighting on the issue for the past year. Rashid Khan said he would submit his explanation in five days to the disciplinary committee.
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