New
Delhi. June 20, 2013. Hindu
Leaders lead by saints today meet Chief Minister of Delhi
to save temples to be demolished by the government as per the directive of the
high court of Delhi.
Hindu Dharm sthal Raksha Samitee delegation lead by swami Raghavanand &
Mahant Naval Kishore Dass was welcomed by the CM at her residence. She immediately
called up the chief secretary Delhi to ensure
that no religious structure is demolished in Delhi. The delegation also submitted a
memorandum in this regard.
Detailing about the meeting,
shri Vinod Bansal, the spokesperson of the samittee said that the CM listen to
our demands keenly and assured the delegation not to touch any religious place
in Delhi. If need be, we may approach the supreme court to save the temples, the
CM added. We have detailed the CM about the list submitted by her government,
to the hon. Court, carrying bogus information and baseless allegations against
our temples.
It is important to note that
the High court of Delhi vide its order dated
22/05/13 Ordered immediate demolition of 74 religious structures in Delhi. The order was issued
based on the list of such religious places, said to have been built on DDA Land,
submitted by the chief secretary Delhi.
It was prepared by the “religious committee” headed by the LG. The court had
fixed 22nd of Aug 2013, the next date of hearing in the matter. Till
then, Chief secretary of the state had to submit ATR after handing over
possession of such land to the DDA. Large number of devotees are getting
agitated in different part of the national capital to protect their temples.
Out of the total number of 74, religious structures, 54 are temples &
Gurudwaras in the list. “Non of the temple is illegal or on the land of DDA” said shri Ram Pal Singh, the
Secretary General of the samitee
Sardar Ujagar Singh, swami Om
ji, shri Anil Gupta, Shri Dinesh Tyagi, advocate SD Bindlesh & Richhpal
Singh were amongst those who meet the CM at her residence in this morning.








