Corruption worth crores of Rs. By ‘Pandharpur Temple Committee’ uncovered ! Impose severe punishment on corrupt individuals; liberate Pandharpur temple from Government control ! – Varakari organisations & Hindu Janajagruti Samiti Mumbai - It has come to light that the Government appointed Committee of Shri Vitthal Rukmini Temple at Pandharpur, which is a Deity of worship for entire Maharashtra has indulged in a huge misappropriation of funds while managing the wealth of the temple during last few years. Hindu Lawyers Forum, which is striving for securing just rights of Hindus has collected hundreds of papers as a proof of corruption by the Committee with the use of Right To Information (RTI) Act. It is pertinent to note that all these papers are based on the audit reports submitted by the Temple Committee itself. These papers expose the corruption concerned with hundreds of acres temple land, funds collected as donations worth crores of rupees, ornaments costing lakhs of rupees, wealth of cow-lineage etc. Similarly, there are serious anomalies in the financial working of the temple funds. (The statement narrating the details of this misappropriation is enclosed herewith.) In this matter of corruption, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has decided to undertake agitations all over the State to press for stringent action against corrupt persons and liberating Pandharpur temple from the clutches of the Government. Varakari organisations and other organisations having similar objectives should participate in these agitations being conducted at various places. Such an appeal was made today by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Varakari organisation. On this occasion, Shri. Shivaji Vatkar, Coordinator of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti for Mumbai, H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar of Rashtriya Varakari Sena, Ad. Sanjiv Punalekar, national secretary of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad and Shri. Uday Dhuri of Mandir Mahasangh were present. Take stringent action against corrupt individuals ! Otherwise, will knock on judicial doors ! Government should appoint a judicial inquiry commission to enquire in details into the misappropriation indulged by the Temple Committee, in the funds of Shri Vitthal temple at Pandharpur and lodge criminal cases against the guilty persons responsible for corruption in temple scam by arresting them as soon as possible. The properties of the guilty office bearers of the Temple Committee and its employees should be confiscated, and the amount involved in the scam should be recovered by disposing the above properties. If the Government does not take any cognizance of the matter, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has made preparations to fight in the court of law through the medium of Hindu Lawyers Forum. Corruption increased due to take over of the temple by the Government; corruption also has the blessings State Government ! Maharashtra Government has taken over Shri Vitthal temple in Pandharpur, in the year 1985 in order to provide better amenities to the devotees and established a Committee for management of the temple by appointing trustees, office bearers, managers, employees etc. on this committee. The misappropriation in the temple started increasing only after the formation of this Committee, and the corruption reached extremely high proportion during last few years. It is pertinent to note that this corruption by the Temple Committee was regularly being noticed by the Government through Annual accounts statement; however, by neglecting this scam, the State Government provided protection to the corrupt persons and committed a breach of trust of the public. The objective of the Government in appointing a single auditor from Pandharpur itself for carrying out audit of temple accounts for last 10 years is definitely not above suspicion. Varakari sect and faithful devotees of Deity Vitthal will punish the rulers for committing sin of robbing the wealth of Deity Vitthal. Hand over Shri Vitthal temple at Pandharpur to Varakaris immediately ! All the temples taken over by the Maharashtra Government belong to Hindus only. When Bharatiya democracy is run through secular principles, taking over only Hindu temples is an exercise in trampling the secular principles. Therefore, the Government should immediately dissolve the Government appointed Temple Committee of Shri Vitthal temple and hand over the temple to Varakaris, who are devotees of Deity Vitthal ! Congress Government takes only Hindu’s temples and does not touch religious places such as Churches, Masjids belonging to other sects. In order to convey such a partial treatment of the Government to Hindus at the lowest level and create awareness in Hindus, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti will educate the people. H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar, Rashtriya Warkari Sena Shri. Shivaji Vatkar, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:52:34 +0000
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