A political controversy has erupted over a lawsuit seeking to declare Ajmer Sharif Dargah as a temple, with accusations pointing towards BJP and RSS. Opposition leaders express concerns, highlighting the threat to national stability and unity.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti attacks “dangerous trajectory of communal polarisation sparked by a controversial judgment delivered by a former CJI”.

A Rajasthan court on Wednesday accepted a petition by a right-wing outfit claiming Ajmer's Dargah Sharif was a Shiva temple in a growing list of Muslim religious sites under dispute

A local court in Ajmer on Wednesday (November 27, 2024) directed that notices be issued to three parties in a civil suit which claims that there is a Shiva temple in the dargah of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer,

The petitioner’s counsel, Ramswaroop Bishnoi, cited a 1911 book titled Ajmer: Historical and Descriptive which claimed that debris from a Hindu temple were used in the construction of the dargah.

Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, the plaintiff, has demanded that the Ajmer Sharif Dargah be declared as the "Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple".

An Ajmer court on Wednesday ordered the issuance of notices to three parties in a petition that claimed there is a Shiva temple inside Saint Moinuddin Chishti's dargah. The civil suit was filed in September.