{"id":196030,"date":"2026-03-02T13:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=196030"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:55:39","slug":"bjp-govt-bulldozes-dargah-two-mazars-in-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/02\/bjp-govt-bulldozes-dargah-two-mazars-in-gujarat.html","title":{"rendered":"BJP govt bulldozes dargah, two mazars in Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-196031\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/2-mazars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/2-mazars.jpg 601w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/2-mazars-390x216.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahmedabad: The BJP regime has demolished a dargah and two adjoining mazars in Gujarat state of India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the BJP administration razed the Balapir Dargah and two mazars in Govali village, Bharuch, amid heavy police deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The action has sparked concern among local Muslims and raised political questions in the state.<\/p>\n<p>A local Muslim elder said, &#8220;The dargah had been here for years. If there was an issue, it should have been discussed with the community. Demolishing a religious place with bulldozers hurts sentiments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Locals claim the demolition was carried out under pressure from Hindu organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The move has reignited debate over bulldozer actions in Gujarat, with opposition leaders accusing the BJP government of targeting minority sites.<\/p>\n<p>A resident said, &#8220;It was a small place, but people used to come and offer prayers. It had spiritual meaning for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmedabad: The BJP regime has demolished a dargah and two adjoining mazars in Gujarat state of India. According to Kashmir Media Service, the BJP administration razed the Balapir Dargah and two mazars in Govali village, Bharuch, amid heavy police deployment. The action has sparked concern among local Muslims and raised political questions in the state. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/2-mazars.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196032,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196030\/revisions\/196032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}