Mumbai: In a major improvement, the Pir Makhdum Saheb Charitable Trust (PMSCT) — which runs the famed Hazrat Makhdum Fakih Ali Mahimi Dargah in Mahim — has refuted the contentions of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray of a purported `mazar` on the islet within the Arabian Sea off Mahim. PMSCT Managing Trustee Suhail Yacub Khandwani categorically acknowledged that “there is no `mazaar` as claimed by Raj Thackeray”.
“The dargah (mausoleum) of Pir Makhdum Saheb is this one (in Mahim), which is 600 years old… What is there on the islet is just a `chilla` (platform), where Pir Saheb used to go for studies with his teacher. The BMC today demolished only some illegal objects there, the `chilla` remains untouched,” declared Khandwani.
He identified that there`s the same `chilla` contained in the Mahim Police Station however individuals should not have entry there, so that they go to the opposite platform which is seen and accessible solely throughout low tide.
Moreover, the `chilla` belongs to a distinct belief however devotees from all religions who flock to the Mahim Dargah additionally go to there to wish and provide their respects to Pir Saheb`s instructor.
“Raj Thackeray should be aware of all this since he and his family also come to pray here. What he said yesterday pertained to certain unauthorised construction coming up there which has been demolished and we fully support the action. The `chilla` is intact and still standing there,” Khandwani identified.
Former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray, when requested about his estranged cousin`s allegations willy-nilly hinting that the alleged `mazaar` got here up throughout his tenure (as CM), laughed off the contentions. “That`s a very old site. He (Raj) has merely read out the script given to him,” Uddhav Thackeray mentioned dismissively.
Earlier, the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) state President and MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel backed the BMC`s motion of razing the unlawful `dargah` developing within the Arabian Sea off Mahim, however questioned the motives of Raj Thackeray and the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party behind the act.
On his half, Khandwani mentioned that if the involved authorities had knowledgeable them in regards to the alleged actions across the `chilla`, they might have contacted the opposite belief and bought it eliminated, “gracefully and without all this ruckus”.
It could also be recalled that at his Gudi Padwa rally late on Wednesday, the MNS chief ignited a serious row claiming that an unlawful `dargah` was developing within the Mahim sea, round 100 metres from the coast.
Roaring on the rally, Raj Thackeray gave a month`s deadline to the state authorities, BMC Commissioner and Mumbai Police Commissioner to take away it, failing which his occasion would erect a Ganpati Temple on the identical spot.
He additionally hinted at potential safety ramifications of the positioning – Mumbai suffered two terror strikes (March 12, 1993 and November 26, 2008) with the attackers and their ammunition sneaking into the town by the Arabian Sea route — triggering jet-speed motion on the a part of the authorities.
After hectic in a single day actions, the Mumbai Collectorate issued the razing order to a demolition crew, which was assisted by the Mumbai Police and BMC, which went there throughout the morning low-tide to bulldoze the alleged construction.
BMC officers have made it clear they’d nothing to do with the purported construction because it was located within the Arabian Sea and so got here beneath the purview of the Collectorate.
Taking a swipe at Raj Thackeray for elevating the difficulty and the promptness of the authorities for eradicating the construction inside barely 12 hours, Khandwani mentioned if this type is adopted at all times, “then Mumbai would soon become a very clean city”.
