By Khushi Mehrotra & Siddharth Sarathe
Of the 20 demolition actions around Muslims establishments recorded in India between June 2024 and February 2026, 11 were triggered by complaints or Public Interest Litigations (PILs) alleging “illegal construction,” according to data reviewed by The Quint.
In 2025 alone, 69 Islamic religious sites were either bulldozed or declared illegal, as per a report by the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
This raises a larger question of whether PILs and legal battles have emerged as a new instrument of the Hindu right-wing politics?
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