Tamil Nadu: TVK plans pattas for mosques and churches without ownership documents, Hindu organisations object

The C Joseph Vijay-led TVK government in Tamil Nadu has triggered a political controversy after Minority Welfare Minister A M Shah Jahan announced that the government was taking steps to issue land pattas to mosques, churches and dargahs that have been functioning for decades without ownership documents. The announcement has drawn strong objections from Hindu organisations and the BJP, which have accused the government of attempting to regularise unauthorised religious structures on public and u

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