CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Friday urged Urban Development Minister Hardeep Puri to rebuild the recently demolished Guru Ravidas Mandir and nearby for samadhis in Tughlaqabad by Delhi Development Authority (DDA). In her letter Brinda said that DDA authorities decision to a lot another place to the followers of the Guru is not at all acceptable and the Mandir must be rebuilt in the same place.
Citing the Modi Government’s position in Ayodhya case on supporting the faith of the people, the CPI(M) leader said that this should be applicable to the followers of the Guru Ravidas. “This is to draw your attention to the demolition of the Guru Ravidas Mandir and four samadhis in the “forest area” in Tughlaqabad extension on August 10. I had visited the place on August 14th along with my Party colleagues and office bearers of the Dalit Soshan Mukti Manch and met the petitioners (Guru Ravidas Samiti) who gave me the details and took us to the site.
“I had read in the papers that you had met the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in this connection and are working out “a solution” namely to “allot another place” for the temple and the samadhis. Unfortunately in these developments the DDA, which is directly under your Ministry, has played the worst role in riding roughshod over the legitimate grievances of the petitioners leading to the present plight. I strongly urge you to rectify this by going in for a review petition before the Supreme Court,” she said, insisting the rebuilt of the Guru Ravidas Mandir on the same spot.
