All Three Temples Razed in Anti-encroachment Drive to be Rebuilt, Says Admin

The Alwar district administration in Rajasthan said on Saturday that all three temples demolished in an anti-encroachment drive earlier this week will be rebuilt. There were demands by the opposition BJP that the temples must be reconstructed.

In fact, the saffron party had said it had spoken to administration officials that the temples be redeveloped and the administration had agreed.

The Rajasthan government issued a notice to the chairperson of the municipality of Rajgarh, Alwar, for demolishing the temple, asking why it had not taken permission from the government for this action. Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said he was unaware of the state government’s role in demolition of the temple. The board of the municipality of Rajgarh took this decision and took permission from the district collector, and assistance from police, he added.

Khachariyawas further said those who broke the temple will not be spared and action will be taken against them.

The political row, between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP, after the demolition has only intensified.
Rajgarh is a BJP-run municipality. The priest of one temple and the Brajbhoomi Vikas Parishad on Friday registered a case against three people, including Rajgarh Congress MLA Johri Lal Meena and the SDM, at the Rajgarh police station, for “demolishing the temple in collaboration with the administration”.

But the Congress said the Rajgarh municipality, BJP’s board, BJP president and 34 councillors took the decision to remove the encroachment.

Three temples and some shops were demolished in Rajgarh with officials describing the action as part of an anti-encroachment drive to widen a road in the municipal town. They said the demolition was approved by the Rajgarh Nagar Palika Board. The BJP targeted the Congress over the demolition of temples, saying the party will have to face its consequences.

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