Centre, AAP at loggerheads over temple demolition notice claims

NEW DELHI: Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday slammed AAP MLA Atishi for “spreading lies” and “building a fake narrative” that the Centre and its agencies are on the verge of “bulldozing temples” in the Capital -- a charge she refuted while asking the BJP to “at least leave the temples out of this hooliganism, extortion, and bulldozer politics”.

In a series of tweets, Puri said Atishi was misleading people as such decisions were taken by the Delhi government’s religious committee.

Atishi, in reply, tweeted a demolition notice sent by the Land and Development Office, under the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MOHUA), to a temple in Sarojini Nagar.

“I suggest the MLA educate herself. The Religious Committee which takes decisions on such matters is under Delhi Govt. Land owning agencies only determine if govt land is being encroached upon. Even that is not finalthere are systemic mechanisms in place,” Puri tweeted on Thursday.