Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, July16: A deputation of District Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Poonch headed by its president, Satish Sassan today called on Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu and discussed the issues of minority community and their worship places. They also submitted a charter of demands.
The deputationists maintained that the State Government had grabbed Hindu Shrine lands and have constructed Government buildings over there and due to anti minority community approach adopted by the State Government, thousands of Acres of Hindu Shrine lands have been grabbed illegally by the majority community across the Poonch district.
They said that there is a deep conspiracy being hatched by some anti nationals to grab Hindu Shrine lands as well as Hindu’s properties in the district that too with the connivance of Revenue officials in the district and it would not be tolerated at any caste.
They alleged that some people wanted to compel minority community to migrate from Poonch as they have already succeeded to vacate over 36 villages out of total 46 Hindu dominated villages across the district during the last 25 years of turmoil in the State.
They alleged that some criminals are trying to grab temples’ land and have been polluting atmosphere of peace in the district.
They demanded that Gujjar Hostal, Horticulture Nursery and Media complex buildings which have been constructed on the Dashnami Akhara land be vacated so that necessary infrastructure for the annual Shri Budha Amarnath Yatra be eructed. They also demanded allotment of land to Shri Sanatan Dharam Sabha for the annual Dushehra festival.
The Divisional Commissioner paid the patient hearing and assured that all the necessary steps would be taken to provide protection to the worship places of minority community.
The deputation was comprised of Ramesh Bali, Sanjeev Sharma, Lakshmi Chand Shastri, Dr Dharmender Shastri, Gulshan Bakshi, Chander Mohan Sharma, Balkrishan Sharma, Madan Sharma, Kamaldeep Sharma and Sanjeev Kapoor.
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