Bangladesh mentioned the idol of the makeshift Mandap was immersed within the Balu River, in due reverence, with the participation of the members of the Hindu neighborhood
The elimination of unauthorised buildings to recuperate authorities land is a “common and lawful administrative exercise”.
Against the backdrop of a pointy downturn in bilateral ties because the set up of a caretaker administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus final August, the exterior affairs ministry criticised Bangladeshi authorities on Thursday for the demolition of the Durga temple within the Khilkhet space of Dhaka.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned that “extremists had been clamouring for demolishing the Durga temple” and the interim authorities had “projected the episode as unlawful land use” as an alternative of offering safety to the temple.
Bangladesh’s international ministry mentioned in a press release that in final 12 months’s Durga Puja, the native Hindu neighborhood put in a makeshift “puja mandap” on a bit of land owned by Bangladesh Railways with out prior permission. The railways permitted this on the situation that the organisers would take away the mandap as quickly because the puja celebrations had been over.
“Regrettably, after the Puja was over in October 2024, the organisers declined to take away the makeshift Mandap violating the mutual settlement. Rather they established a ‘Maha Kali’ (Kali Murti) there,” the assertion mentioned.
In December 2024, the railway authorities held consultations with area people representatives and organisers of the mandap and issued a notification asking for the elimination of all unauthorised installations, together with distributors, a whole bunch of retailers and workplaces of political celebration “illegally constructed” on both facet of the rail tracks, the assertion mentioned.
After repeated reminders to those that illegally occupied the land, Bangladesh Railways requested for the elimination of all unauthorised installations throughout June 24-25. “Finally, on twenty sixth June, following due course of, Bangladesh Railways proceeded to peaceable eviction of all unauthorised buildings alongside the rail observe in Khilkhet space,” the assertion mentioned.
“In the course of the eviction course of, the idol of the makeshift Mandap was immersed within the close by Balu River, in due reverence, with the participation of the members of the native Hindu neighborhood,” the assertion mentioned.
The elimination of unauthorised buildings to recuperate authorities land is a “common and lawful administrative exercise”.
The assertion added, “While the legal guidelines of the land guarantee full safety to all locations of worship with out discriminating in opposition to any in-built conformity with legislation, it’s not permissible for any to construct any spiritual construction encroaching public land beneath any circumstances.”
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