A plea has been submitted before an Ajmer court seeking a temporary injunction to prevent Prime Minister Narendra Modi from offering a chadar at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah during the Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

The petitioner, Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta, contends that the Central government should refrain from placing a chadar at the dargah, as the site is subject to a legal dispute. The ongoing suit alleges that the Ajmer Sharif Dargah was built over a demolished Shiva temple.

The plea comes a day after Union Minister Kiren Rijiju shared a photograph of PM Modi handing him a chadar to be presented at the dargah on the Prime Minister’s behalf, continuing a tradition upheld by previous heads of government.

"PM Narendra Modi ji presented the Chadar that would be offered on his behalf at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on the Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. This gesture reflects his deep respect for India’s rich spiritual heritage and the enduring message of harmony and compassion," Rijiju's tweet said.

According to Gupta’s application, the act of the Central government sending a chadar to the "disputed" structure while a case concerning it is sub judice undermines judicial independence and the right to a fair trial.

"By providing any kind of political legitimacy to the disputed structure under consideration by the Central Government by sending a Chadar, not only the judicial process would be obstructed but also the independence of the court would be vitiated, due to which the entire case would become baseless," the plea asserts.

Gupta has thus urged the court to prohibit the Central government from offering any chadar at the site.

The Ajmer Sharif Dargah houses the tomb of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The pending suit claims that the architectural design of the roof at the main entrance gate resembles a Hindu structure, suggesting that the site was originally a temple.