{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.474Z","data":{"id":"inc-ls-1991-024","text":"Legislate to keep places of worship as they stood on 15 August 1947","quote":"The POWA had been envisaged prior to the year 1991 and the same was made a part of the applicant's then election manifesto for the parliamentary elections","quoteIsExact":false,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"law-justice","measurability":"measurable","importance":"major","deadline":"1996-05-16","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"medium","reason":"The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 was passed, freezing the religious character of places of worship as on 15 August 1947, with the Ayodhya site excluded. The manifesto wording itself was not seen; the link comes from Congress's 2025 Supreme Court filing.","evidence":[{"date":"2025-01-17","sourceType":"news","publisher":"Kashmir Life","title":"1991 Worship Act Vital for Secularism, Congress Tells Supreme Court","url":"https://kashmirlife.net/1991-worship-act-vital-for-secularism-congress-tells-supreme-court-379934/","quote":"'The POWA had been envisaged prior to the year 1991 and the same was made a part of the applicant's then election manifesto for the parliamentary elections,' it said.","stance":"context"},{"date":null,"sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_of_Worship_(Special_Provisions)_Act,_1991","quote":"An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August, 1947","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["places-of-worship"],"sensitive":true,"memeLine":null,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"inc-ls-1991","partyId":"inc","electionId":"ls-1991"}}