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| ‘Alleged attempt to grab temple land’ | | Cong for sacking of JMC Mayor, registration of FIR, high-level probe | |
EARly Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: Congress today openly jumped into the historic Panchvakhtar Mahadev temple land issue by joining the dharna in the temple premises and extended full support to the management of temple led by District and Session Judge, (Retd) Suresh Sharma appointed by the High Court for the cause besides seeking high level probe and registration of FIR against all those behind it and immediate resignation of mayor JMC Chander Mohan Gupta.
Demanding immediate sacking of the Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) Chander Mohan Gupta and others for clandestinely struck a deal to brazenly grab prime land of ancient and historical temple of Jammu to give benefits to some private players, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress on Saturday demanding registration of FIR against all those who were involved in one of the biggest land scam of Jammu city.
“The way BJP led JMC has hatched a conspiracy to grab land of country’s one of the unique temple, has exposed that only aim of the Saffron Brigade is to mint money through all illegal means besides vote bank politics on religious issues, Congress leaders said while addressing a press conference at PCC Hq here today, after the senior leaders held a sit in dharna in the temple premises along with Judge Suresh Sharma and other prominent citizens, PCC leaders including Raman Bhalla Former minister and vice president, Shri Ravinder Sharma Chief Spokesperson JKPCC, yogesh Sawhney former minister and Incharge DCC Jammu, Ritu Choudhary local Corporator, Gourav chopra , Neeraj Gupta Media Secretary PCC and suresh Dogra chairman OBC besides others demanded immediate resignation of BJP mayor besides
Congress leaders said that exposure of the scam has not only exposed real face of BJP leadership, this incident has also hurt religious sentiments of the people because Panchvaktra Mahadev temple is the most revered shrine of Jammu province.
“The self-proclaimed pro-Hindu leaders have been exposed after exposure of this land scam”, Congress said and added that retired District and Session Judge, Suresh Kumar Sharma, who is caretaker of the temple was forced to approach the Court to restrain the BJP led JMC from grabbing a prime piece of land of Panchvaktra Mahadev temple, the worth of which is in crores.
“It is all due to his integrity and credibility that Suresh Sharma was appointed as caretaker of this temple by the High Court on 12-12-2008 because land mafia is repeatedly trying to grab land of this temple which is situated in the heart of the city”, they said, adding, “It appears that BJP leaders, who are managing JMC affairs, have join hands with influential land-mafia to grab temple’s land in the name of constructing parking lot and commercial complex. Quoting petition filed by retired Judge Suresh Sharma in the Court, Congress leaders said JMC was illegally staking its claim on the piece of prime land with malafide intent despite that fact that JMC has no right on this land. “The nefarious design of JMC has aroused the sentiments of public in general and devotees in particular”, they said. |
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