The Hindu group in Delhi’s Mandawali space has taken to the streets to protest in opposition to the anti-encroachment drive being performed by the Public Works Department (PWD), which determined to take away the unlawful grill on the borders of a Hindu temple in the world.
The huge protests in Delhi led to visitors congestion and disturbance in the Mandawali space of the nationwide capital. The PWD ended up eradicating the unlawful building across the Delhi temple, which led to an enormous backlash in opposition to the federal government physique.
The encroachment drive was carried out by the PWD, police mentioned, including that the grill that was encroaching on a footpath was eliminated peacefully in the presence of heavy police deployment. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Amrutha Guguloth mentioned the encroachment drive by the PWD was scheduled to be held on Thursday.
“We were intimated about the encroachment drive by the PWD yesterday (Wednesday). The grill which surrounded the temple was encroaching upon the footpath and it was removed peacefully. We provided assistance to the PWD officials. The law and order situation is normal,” she mentioned.
While the protests in opposition to the PWD anti-encroachment drive have now stopped, people from the Hindu group are nonetheless gathered across the temple in East Delhi’s Mandawali, chanting slogans and reciting prayers after the grill was taken down.
The matter quickly took a political flip when AAP chief and PWD minister of Delhi Atishi mentioned that the orders to demolish the unlawful building across the Hindu temple have been handed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
“The temple being demolished in Mandawali is being carried out on the orders of the Delhi LG. When the file pertaining to this issue was forwarded to the then Home Minister Manish Sisodia, he had opposed it,” Atishi instructed reporters in Delhi, as per PTI studies.
“But LG sir overruled Manish Sisodia’s decision. Not just in Mandawali, he has decided to demolish 10 other temples in Delhi,” she mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
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