Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan made an enormous announcement on April 22, in regard to Hindu temples & monks, which many see as a precursor to ‘freeing the temples from government control.’
Chouhan declared {that a} Brahmin Welfare Board (Brahmin Kalyan Board) can be arrange within the state, which is able to take essential choices within the curiosity of monks & additionally assist them empower financially & socially. The Chief Minister made the announcement in Bhopal, the capital metropolis of MP.
In his tackle, Chouhan stated, “ We have decided that the government will have no control over the activities of the temples and the auction of temple land will be done by the priests not district collectors”.
हमने फैसला किया है कि मंदिरों की गतिविधियों पर सरकार का कोई नियंत्रण नहीं रहेगा। मंदिर की जमीनों को नीलाम कलेक्टर नहीं बल्कि पुजारी कर सकेंगे।
निजी मंदिरों के पुजारियों को भी सम्मानजनक मानदेय देने की व्यवस्था की जाएगी। pic.twitter.com/QiMMREi6MI
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) April 22, 2023
Notably, this resolution can be legitimate for these temples holding a bit of land above 10 acres. While the monks can declare the quantity earned from the public sale of 10 acres of land, the quantity generated from the sale/lease of over and above the 10 acres of land will go to the temple belief.
he additionally stated scholarships can be given to college students learning Sanskrit and different points associated to Hinduism. He stated classes in regards to the mythological determine within the state’s faculty syllabus until Class Eighth.
“Recruitment of Sanskrit teachers has been started in government schools,” Chouhan stated. As many as 3,547 Sanskrit lecturers have been appointed in authorities faculties, he stated.
“The life of Lord Parshuram was included in the class’s eighth book. We will not only teach Akbar but we will also teach Ram and Parshuram,” the chief minister stated. “We will try to write history correctly.”
At the occasion Chouhan additionally introduced that ‘Parashuram Lok’ can be in-built Janapav close to Indore, thought-about the birthplace of Bhagwan Parshuram.
Visiting Janapav, 45 kilometres from Indore, later, the CM stated Rs 10 crore can be supplied for the event of a ‘Dharamshala’, backyard, and different services for devotees.
State Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel, nevertheless, stated, “There is a feeling in the country now that all religions are the same. The state government does not interfere in matters concerning Waqf Board properties. We are changing the mistakes made by the Congress government for 50 years.”
Notably, every now and then there have been calls for to free temples from the federal government’s management and the flagbearer to those campaigns was Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
In December 2022, at a press convention, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) working president Shri Alok Kumar stated, “It is high time to liberate Hindu temples from government control”.
“As per the data given to us by Acharya Sabha, over two lakh temples across India are under government control. These temples give Rs 1,80,000 crore to the governments per year. When the governments don’t run mosques, churches and gurudwaras, why do they take control over Hindu temples?” Alok Kumar requested.
VHP claims that since 1966, the organisation has saved 62 lakh Hindus from spiritual conversion and introduced 9 lakh again to their authentic fold with respect. “Around 25 thousand Hindu daughters were also saved from getting trapped in the clutches of love jihadists,” he knowledgeable.
Through a particular marketing campaign, Sansad Sampark Abhiyan, the VHP members met with Members of Parliament from all around the nation to attract their consideration in direction of the problems of Population imbalance, liberate Hindu temples from authorities management and creation of separate ministries on the centre and states for Hindu pilgrimage websites.
With Chouhan’s resolution to set the temples in Madhya Pradesh free, there are rising calls for from the opposite states to liberate the temples.
