"Land Jihad" Won't Be Allowed In State, Says Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
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He said the state government has already appealed to encroachers to remove such structures on their own, or the administration will demolish them.
Illegal encroachments in the name of "land jihad" will not be allowed to vitiate the atmosphere of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Friday, amid an ongoing statewide drive to remove structures built without permission on government land.
Addressing a meeting of the Vishva Hindu Parishad's (VHP) Kendriya Margadarshak Mandal here, Dhami said, "Uttarakhand shares its borders with two countries (China and Nepal). A particular community had illegally encroached on land and raised structures in the border areas of the state, which are being removed as part of a drive." "Illegal encroachments in the name of land jihad will not be allowed to vitiate the atmosphere in Uttarakhand", Dhami said.
He said the state government has already appealed to encroachers to remove such structures on their own, or the administration will demolish them.
Last month, Dhami warned occupiers of illegally built mazars (tombs) to remove those on their own and reiterated that his government would not allow "land jihad" in the state.
