Kanpur: Scores of Bajrang Dal (BD) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists staged protest after the Kanpur Municipal Company despatched a discover to take away a temple constructed on the footpath outdoors the Earnings Tax Colony close to Firm Bagh Chauraha within the metropolis on Saturday.
The priest of the temple was requested to take away the idol of the temple and set up it some other place. Notices have additionally been given to take away two different close by temples.
The Municipal Company has despatched a discover within the title of Mahant Bhole Nath Tiwari of the temple constructed outdoors the Earnings Tax Colony. It has been mentioned within the discover that unlawful building has been carried out on the footpath. Unlawful encroachment ought to be eliminated and the idol put in contained in the temple ought to be shifted elsewhere inside three days of receiving the discover. In any other case, motion can be taken to take away unlawful encroachment by the Municipal Company. Comparable notices have been despatched to 2 different close by temples.
BD and VHP activists, nevertheless, on coming to know in regards to the discover on Saturday, reached the workplace of Municipal Company and staged a protest and warned the authorities, saying that the temple will stay on the identical website the place it exists at current.
“The place the place the temple is situated will not be inflicting any hurt to anybody, due to this fact it'll stay on the identical website,” they mentioned.
Company sources mentioned that the Municipal Commissioner has invited a delegation of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal for talks with regard to the difficulty on Monday.
Pooja Tripathi, KMC zonal in-charge (zone 4), mentioned that a grievance was made by the Earnings Tax Division authorities to the Municipal Commissioner, below which a discover has been issued to the mahant of the temple to take away the temple.
“Underneath this, notices have additionally been issued to take away two different close by temples. Unlawful buildings within the type of rooms have been made on the footpath. The identical can be eliminated,” mentioned zonal in-charge additional.