For the past few years, under the guise of access, the Muslim neighborhoods around the Gyan Vyapi mosque are being cleared. Muslims are being told to relocate to another area of Varanasi. When Muslims will not be living around the mosque, the attendance will dwindle to a trickle.
With the ASI survey now, access to the mosque will be further limited under "safety" or "ASI guidelines". With no worshipers at the mosque, another case of adverse possession will be filed, and the same script will be enacted as in the Babri Masjid case.