‘Sisodia’s proposal ignored’: Atishi writes to Delhi L-G over order on demolition of 14 religious places
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Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) minister Atishi has alleged that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena ordered the demolition of 14 religious places including three mazars in the National Capital, adding that a Shiva temple in Northeast Delhi was razed Sunday morning. The senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said she recently wrote to Saxena on the matter pointing out that former AAP minister Manish Sisodia had opposed the demolition move.
Quoting the letter she wrote to the L-G a few days ago, the minister said in a tweet, “I had written a letter to you a few days back requesting you to take back your decision to demolish temples and other religious places in Delhi. But today again on your orders a temple has been demolished in Bhajanpura.”
“I request you again that temples and other religious places should not be demolished in Delhi. People’s faith is attached to these, ” she said.
Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) minister Atishi alleged that L-G V K Saxena ordered the demolition of 14 religious places including three mazars in the National Capital, adding that a Shiva temple in Northeast Delhi was razed Sunday morning
In the letter, the minister wrote, “I have received information from the PWD department that you have ordered the demolition of 14 religious places in Delhi. It includes 11 temples and 3 tombs. I was told by the officers of the department that when the proposal to demolish these religious places came to the then Home Minister Manish Sisodia through the Religious Committee in February 2023, he registered his protest and said that instead of demolishing the temple, we should change the design of the project.”
Atishi alleged that the L-G rejected Sisodia’s proposal and ordered the demolition of these temples and other religious places. “Officers have also told that you wrote in the file that the demolition of temples is a matter of ‘law and order’, so you have full power to take decisions in this. Also, instead of sending any file for demolition of the temple to the elected government, the file should be sent directly to you through the Chief Secretary, ” read the letter.
The minister further said the PWD informed her on Thursday evening that they are going to demolish these temples following the L-G’s order. “This morning Shiv temple in Mandawali was also demolished… Therefore, I request you to take back your decision to demolish 11 temples and other religious places so that the religious faith of the people of Delhi is not hurt,” she said.
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