Hindu activists threaten mass suicide after Railways points discover to shift temple in Agra

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: Hindu organisations have warned of dire penalties following a discover issued by the Railways to shift the 250-year-old Chamunda Devi Temple from the premises of Raja ki Mandi Railway Station in Agra. The hindu activists have even threatened to commit mass suicide if the railway authorities proceed with the transfer.

Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Anand Swaroop had issued a discover to the temple authorities to shift the construction from the railway station on April 20.

The discover claimed that the temple needed to be shifted contemplating the troubles passengers have been being compelled to bear. If the temple just isn’t eliminated, the railways must shift the platform, it was mentioned.

Similar notices had been issued to a close-by mosque and a dargah as a part of an anti-encroachment drive.

Opposing the discover issued to the temple administration, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal activists put up an enormous protest on the workplace of the DRM for the Agra division of North Central Railway on Friday. They claimed that theirs was a 300-year-old temple, which might not be shifted at any value.

According to temple priest Mahant Virendra Anand, he had been taking good care of the temple since his childhood and his forefathers had additionally served there.

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Prashasti Srivastava, the divisional industrial supervisor and public relations officer for the Agra division of the North Central Railways, mentioned the encroachments have been being eliminated in compliance with the Supreme Court order.

“The notices to the temple, dargah and the mosque have been sent as a part of the anti-encroachment drive in compliance with the SC order. We have also issued a notice to a mosque and a dargah located on the railway land in the premises of the Agra Cantt Railway Station. And they have been given time to present their documents by May 13,” she mentioned.

The Hindu Jagran Manch has had little time for this argument and demanded motion towards the Divisional Railway Manager, Agra for issuing the discover to the temple administration for the removing of the temple.

Meanwhile, the dargah caretaker Tufail additionally traced its historical past and his household’s reference to the monument. He claimed that he had been visiting the dargah for the final 25 years.

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“My grandfather came to Agra in the 1920s. Since then, my family has been coming here. Suddenly, the railway started sending us notices. This is unfair and we will fight tooth and nail,” mentioned Tufail.

Railway officers have caught a discover on the dargah wall for everybody to see. The respondents will go to railway courtroom on May 13 for the listening to.

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