Visits temple at Indira Nagar, seeks action against those who encroached road leading to religious place
Srinagar, Dec 16 : Bharatiya Janata Party’s General Secretary and Kashmir affairs Incharge, Vibodh Gupta on Wednesday urged Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to renovate the temples in Kashmir to keep the culture Jammu and Kashmir alive.
Gupta visited a Shuryar shiv temple today & performed the puja with locals in temple at Indira Nagar where the Kashmiri Pandit community informed him that the way leading to the temple has been encroached.
The BJP leader further contacted the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, who rushed to the spot along with the team of officials, a BJP Media In-charge Kashmir Manzoor Bhat told, adding that the DC later directed the concerned officials to investigate the matter.
“Kashmiriyat is famous across the globe and J&K is heading towards Kashmiriyat again. A committee must be formed to identify the temples which need to be renovated to keep the Kashmir culture alive,
After abrogation of Article 370 things changed to normalcy ,” Gupta said
Gupta, who was accompanied by BJYM General Secretary Bilal Parray and Kashmiri Pandit leader Veena Pandita, later appealed the Lieutenant Governor to constitute a committee to identify the temples, which need to be renovated.