Sarva Dharam Sansad (SDS), a religious organisation having representatives of all religions, decided to approach the Supreme Court, seeking direction to the authorities to remove all religious structures built on public land through encroachment across the country.
Senior Advocate K T S Tulsi agreed to help the SDS in preparing the PIL.
This decision has been taken through a TV programme called Vichar Manthan on Lok Sabha Channel, anchored by Swami Agnivesh.
The anchor of the programme disclosed that Narendra Modi Government has demolished over 100 temples which were illegally built on public land through encroachment in Gujarat. He also revealed that even Pakistan Government has ordered demolition of mosques which stood on encroached land in Islamabad .
The SCS was of the view that land mafia and unscrupulous elements in the society were involved in the construction of these religious structures in order to encroach the public land.
Swami Agnivesh also revealed that even in Delhi, religious structures have come up at several round-abouts and encroachers were indulging in commercial activities by exploiting the religious sentiments of people.
Swami also cited the example of a huge religious complex, coming up on public land near the CGO complex in Delhi and said a children park has been encroached upon in Pitampura to built a temple.
The SDS was particularly against those religious structures which obstructed the flow of traffic and demanded that these be removed forthwith.
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