Delhi: BJP, VHP Stage Protest After Temple Is Demolished As Part Of Anti-Encroachment Drive

New Delhi: The Delhi Improvement Authority (DDA) demolished a temple within the Rajender Nagar space in Central Delhi on Thursday as a part of its anti-encroachment drive, triggering a protest by the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), information company PTI reported.

The demolition drive was carried out Thursday morning. Forty per cent of the temple construction was demolished and the method was carried out peacefully, police mentioned.

“For demolition of spiritual constructions, the nod of the non secular committee (shaped by the federal government) is required. We sought the committee’s approval and following its go-ahead, the demolition was carried out,” PTI quoted a DDA official as saying.

Police additional mentioned enough safety measures have been taken for the demolition drive within the Shankar Street space of Rajender Nagar in central Delhi.

In the meantime, a number of BJP and VHP leaders and employees staged a sit-in protest on the temple towards the demolition drive.

Former Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta mentioned that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi authorities was focusing on temples within the nationwide capital.

“We’re protesting the motion by DDA and I enchantment to folks to collect right here and oppose the trouble to demolish the temple,” Gupta mentioned.

In accordance with the report, the BJP and VHP members demanded the restoration of the temple and mentioned that till the temple is restored to its precise kind, their protests will proceed. The members protesting included Adesh Gupta, Rajan Tiwari and VHP head Surendra Gupta with different girls activists.

Earlier final month, demolition drive was carried out at a temple and a mosque in Delhi’s ITO after Delhi Excessive Court docket noticed the shrines have been abutting the pedestrian pathway.

The Excessive Court docket issued the instructions throughout the listening to of a petition moved by caretakers of Sanatan Dharam Mandir or Prachin Shiv Mandir, difficult a letter by the PWD stating they have been encroaching on the land.