The Hindu Munnani has alleged that a decision to establish a Muslim burial ground in a Hindu-majority residential area in Vellore district was politically motivated and aimed at securing minority votes ahead of the Assembly elections.
The organisation said that more than 1,000 Hindu families live in Rangapuram near Sathuvacheri in Vellore district. Despite this, the district administration had granted approval to the Katpadi Jamaat to establish a kabristan on Forest Department land at Moolakollai in the same locality.
Members of the Hindu Munnani and local residents have expressed strong opposition to the move. A complaint petition was submitted to District Collector Subbulakshmi by the organisation.
Speaking on the issue, Hindu Munnani state executive committee member Mahesh said there were no Muslim residents in the Rangapuram area, and allocating land there to the Katpadi Jamaat was objectionable. He said that two days earlier, the municipal authorities had installed a board at the Moolakollai site stating that a one-acre Muslim burial ground would be established there.
Mahesh claimed that with the Assembly elections approaching, there was suspicion that the land allocation had been made on the instructions of Minister Durai Murugan to attract minority votes. He also pointed out that a Bhairavar temple is located close to the proposed burial ground site and warned that this could potentially lead to religious tensions in the future.
He urged the district administration to cancel the land allocation made for the burial ground.
Source: Dinamalar
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