Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Gifts 1.5 Bigha Land To Biggest Hindu Temple
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gifted one and a half bigha land to a temple on the occasion of Durga Puja. The value of the gifted land is Rs 50 crore in Bangladeshi Taka Rs 43 crore INR.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gifted one and a half bigha land to a temple on the occasion of Durga Puja. On Monday, Hasina visited Bangladesh¡¯s biggest temple, Dhakeshwari Temple, and announced that she is gifting adjacent land to the temple authorities.
The value of the gifted land is Rs 50 crore in Bangladeshi Taka (Rs 43 crore INR). Reports suggest that the temple has lost a lot of its property to encroachment.
Recently, under Hasina's directions, the government mediated an agreement to hand over the land to the temple authorities at a discounted price of 10 crore taka and decided to increase the corpus of funds of the Hindu Kalian Trust to 100 crore taka from 21crore taka, reported The Economic Times.
The Hasina government¡¯s slogan is ¡®Dhormo JaarJaar, Utsob Shobar¡¯ (religion is individual right but festivities belong to all).
Bangladesh¡¯s next parliamentary polls are due in December.
