The mayor is angry with the collector for the demolition of the temple – Photo: amar ujala digital Expansion The temple demolition incident created a rift between Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava and collector T Ilaiyaraaja, who is becoming the choice of the public. On the instructions of the collector, the staff of the corporation demolished the temple in Suryadev Nagar, but neither the mayor nor the councilor knew about the action. The Mayor was annoyed by this and he expressed his displeasure by writing a letter to Collector Ilaiyaraaj. Mayor wrote that it is objectionable to demolish the temple without his knowledge and doing so is also against democratic values. wrote this in the Mayor’s letter

In the mayor’s letter written to the collector, he expressed his displeasure over the incident of breaking the temple in Suryadev Nagar. He wrote that I came to know about the demolition of the temple through newspapers. When asked the officers of the Corporation, they told that the temple was demolished on the instructions of the Collector. This action enraged the residents and a situation of tension could also arise in the city. Without my knowledge on a sensitive issue like the demolition of the temple by you, it is extremely objectionable to direct the corporation officials. The image of the administration and the municipal corporation has been tarnished by this action. Do not take such action in future without bringing it to the notice of the public representative. Mayor said Officers were asked not to take action without asking1684934449 Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said that the Collector had given instructions to demolish the temple. Due to this the officers of the corporation came under pressure. In future they have been asked not to take such action without my knowledge, apart from this a letter has also been written to the Collector. A response was sought from Collector Ilaiah Raja, but he could not be contacted. U turn had to be taken in Patel Nagar case

After the incident of temple demolition in Patel Nagar, the demolition of another temple has brought disgrace to the corporation and the Congress has also taken advantage of this action. MLA Jeetu Patwari gave two and a half lakh rupees to the residents of Suryadev Nagar to build a temple. Regional councilor Abhishek Sharma was sitting on a dharna when the Bablu temple was demolished. He also announced funds for the construction of the temple. In the Patel Nagar Bawdi accident, the negligence of the officers was seen when the army was called late. Later the temple was also demolished along with the stepwell. When the matter started heating up, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to announce the construction of a temple again in Patel Nagar. Many religious places are a hindrance in road width In the year, the roads in the city were widened in the bond road, feeder road and smart city project, but the shrines could not be removed at many places. The road was built on Bengali Colony Road without removing the mosque and shops. Jain temple was also not removed from Tilak Nagar. Khajrani Masjid on BRTS did not give part of the land for the road. After this, other societies also did not remove temples. When Kailash Vijayvargiya was the mayor, the road was built from Pardeshipura to MIG intersection in the bond project. Then four temples were obstructing the road. The corporation did not remove a single temple. Temples were not removed from Biyabani, Khajuri Bazar Marg in the smart city project. Hindu organizations and Bajrang Dal are angry over the demolition of two temples in BJP’s corporation council this year.