Crackdown on ‘love-land jihad’, cow slaughter will continue, CM’s bulldozer will roll out: Gujarat minister Sanghavi

Addressing a gathering at the foundation-laying ceremony of re-construction of Dr Vanikar Memorial Bhawan, the headquarters of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Gujarat, Sanghavi said, “Bhupendra Patel’s bulldozer will certainly work in the coming days too as illegal encroachment is still present in many cities. In the last two years, illegal encroachment was removed from government land where schools and hospitals will be constructed soon.”

He further said, “Huge parcels of encroached land have been freed in Dwarka and Somnath. In Kutch alone, 2,000 acres of government land for ports, which was illegally captured and used for drug business, was taken back. Similar drives were carried out in Ahmedabad, Surat and Kheda.”

Highlighting the active role of the state government against “love jihad”, he said that even in the absence of any complaint from parents, Gujarat police was able to get back “innocent girls” from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra and reunite them with their families. “Bhupendra Patel’s stick will not spare anyone,” he said.

On temple thefts, he said, “Under Tera Tujhko Arpan drive, in the last one year, 94 per cent theft cases were solved and idols and jewellery returned in the presence of trustees.”

On attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, VHP national president Alok Kumar said that this is a conspiracy to make the neighbouring country a Hindu-free nation. Batting for a uniform civil code, he asked, “If we can have one tax law and one criminal law, why can’t we have one family law?”

At the event, relaunch of VHP’s monthly magazine Hindu Sandesh was announced by its editor Kaushik Mehta. Ashok Rawal, secretary of Dr Vanikar Memorial Trust and general secretary of VHP, Gujarat, said that the premises has been the centre of consciousness of Hindutva in the state.

The new building will be equipped with modern facilities like accommodation, canteen, seminar hall and meeting room. Besides, it will have provisions for rainwater harvesting, solar power, natural light and air, WiFi, and e-library.