Encroachments within the title of “land jihad” won’t be allowed to vitiate the ambiance of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned on Friday, amid an ongoing statewide drive to take away illegally constructed buildings from authorities land.
Addressing the concluding session of the two-day assembly of the Vishva Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Kendriya Margadarshak Mandal right here, Dhami mentioned, “Uttarakhand shares its borders with two nations (China and Nepal). A selected neighborhood had illegally encroached land and raised buildings within the border areas of the state that are being eliminated as a part of a drive.”
“Illegal encroachments in the name of land jihad will not be allowed to vitiate the atmosphere in Uttarakhand”, Dhami mentioned. He mentioned the state authorities has already appealed to encroachers to take away such buildings on their very own or the administration will demolish them.
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Last month, Dhami warned occupiers of illegally constructed mazars (tombs) to take away these on their very own and reiterated that his authorities wouldn’t enable ‘land jihad’ within the state. Under a conspiracy, hundreds of shrines have been constructed illegally on public and forest land with out permission, he had mentioned.
“Not a single illegally built religious structure will be allowed to remain standing in the state. All illegal structures will be completely demolished,” Dhami mentioned on Friday. He mentioned Uttarakhand would be the first state to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). “The committee constituted to prepare a draft of the UCC has done 90 percent of its job and will submit its report to the state government by June 30,” he mentioned.
The UCC shall be carried out after being examined, he mentioned, including that it’s going to apply to folks of all religions and communities. Uttarakhand’s UCC will change into a mannequin for all the nation, Dhami mentioned.
The two-day assembly debated a spread of points together with conversion, land jihad, same-sex marriages, and live-in relationships. Dhami took the blessings of over 250 seers collaborating within the assembly.
During the assembly, the VHP determined that, shortly earlier than Diwali, it would launch a nationwide public consciousness marketing campaign in opposition to unlawful spiritual conversion.
Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Ravindra Puri welcomed the state authorities’s motion in opposition to unlawful encroachments however appealed to the chief minister to not demolish temples which might be greater than 50 years previous even when they’ve encroached upon authorities land.
They must be given on lease to the belief managing the temples whereas areas reserved for Bairagi seers also needs to be given on lease to Bairagi Akharas, Puri advised.
Swami Yatindra Nand Giri, who was current on the assembly, demanded stern motion in opposition to a person who was arrested for operating a dhaba within the Har ki Pairi space allegedly after assuming a faux Hindu id.
