On March 15, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) employees razed a temple built almost fifty years ago during their demolition drive. The temple was located in the Rajendra Nagar area of the city. As soon as the locals and the members of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) protested the demotion activities were stopped. The leaders accused the Arvind Kejriwal for misinforming the religious committe of DDA to demolish the fifty-year-old Hindu temple.
The temple is located at the Shankar road area. On March 15, police troops arrived at the temple and soon bulldozers were there. As soon as the demolition drive started the members of BJP and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) arrived. They stood over the bulldozer and stopped the demolition activities.
The BJP leaders while sepeking with media said, that the Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party is targeting Hindus and they misinformed the DDA religious committee so that this Hanuman temple could be demolished.
The media reports also quoted some police officials who said, they were taking action against the illegal encroachments around the temple. A heavy police force was deployed in the area and then the situation was taken under control.
दिल्ली के राजेंद्र नगर में लगभग १०० साल प्राचीन मंदिर को तोड़ने के आदेश।
मंदिर तोड़ने के लिए भारी फ़ोर्श तैनात।
श्रद्धालुओं में भारी रोष।
pic.twitter.com/v3EYkViV75— Sagar Kumar “Sudarshan News” (@KumaarSaagar) March 16, 2023
The BJP and VHP members demanded the restoration of the temple and said that until the temple is restored to its actual form their protests will continue. The members protesting include Adesh Gupta former state head of the BJP for Delhi, Rajan Tiwari and VHP head Surendra Gupta with other women activists.
During the demolition drive the portrait of Bhagwan Hanuman was also trampled.
#WATCH : Video from #Delhi's Rajendra Nagar shows how the Ancient #SiddhaHanumanMandir has been razed and destructed.#AAP #Kejriwal #Temple #AamAadmiParty @KapilMishra_IND @BJP4Delhi @RSSorg pic.twitter.com/e7QCEOXw6r
— Organiser Weekly (@eOrganiser) March 16, 2023
