BJP should be lauded for getting the sale of all temple lands cancelled in AP

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"S.Kalyanaraman" <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

Shows that concerted agitation at the political level, can pay

dividends even in a rotten, criminalised polity. Same level of

intensity in agitation should be achieved against the onslaughts of

the christist missionaries operating in many parts of Bharatam, in

AP,

Kerala and Tamilnadu, in particular.

 

This should provide an impetus to start discussing the disbandment of

the Hindu Religious Endowment Boards all over the nation.

 

It ain't the business of the state to monitor Hindu mandirams and

religious activities; it should monitor anti-hindu activities of

christists and islamists -- who pose a threat to strategic and

internal homeland security.

 

Dhanyavaadah.

 

K.

 

Rajasekhara Reddy cancels sale of all temple lands

 

June 4, 2005 The Hindu

 

Special Correspondent

 

New turn to land scam; regularisation kept in abeyance

 

HYDERABAD: The Endowment lands scandal took a new turn on Friday with

the Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, issuing orders for

immediate cancellation of the sales of all temple lands effected by

I.

Venkateswarlu during his period as Endowments Commissioner.

 

The cancellation covers the sale of the lands belonging to not only

Sri Sitarama Swamy and Sri Venugopala Swamy temples, near Hyderabad,

but also those all over the State. Dr. Reddy suspended the operation

of whatever orders issued by Mr. Venkateswarlu using his powers under

Section 89 of the Hindu Charitable & Religious Institutions Act or

other top officials in the Secretariat, including J. P. Murthy,

previously Principal Secretary, Revenue, which facilitated such

sales.

 

Following a representation made by a BJP delegation pleading against

alienation of the temple lands, the Chief Minister also announced his

decision to keep in abeyance until further orders the process of

regularising the encroachments of temple lands as per the GO issued

by

the Telugu Desam Government earlier. It covered the lands of the

Simhachalam temple also.

 

During the discussions with the delegation consisting of B.

Dattatreya

and U. Krishnam Raju, both former Union Ministers, K. Lakshman, B.

Bal

Reddy, and S. V. Seshagiri Rao, the Chief Minister was stated to have

taken a serious note of the role played by the IAS officers in the

latest muddle, especially Mr. Murthy, by issuing an order annulling

an

earlier order prohibiting registration of sales of temple lands.

 

Crackdown imminent

 

A crackdown by the Government on the matter is expected because the

Chief Minister told the delegation that he had just received the

report from the Anti-Corruption Bureau and that he would take

appropriate decisions after a high-level meeting on the issue in two

days.

 

He said his steps would be such that not a single square foot of land

would be lost.

 

Dr. Reddy said it was the Telugu Desam Government which took the

decision to regularise the encroachments of the Simhachalam lands for

payment of market value through a committee, consisting MLAs.

 

http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/04/stories/2005060403130600.htm

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