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  • BJP leader’s daughter to marry Muslim man, Hindutva outfits protest

    BJP leader’s daughter to marry Muslim man, Hindutva outfits protest

    KOTDWAR: Hindutva outfits on Friday here at Jhanda Chawk burnt the effigy of BJP leader Yashpal Benam in protest against his daughter marrying a Muslim.

    The VHP, Bhairav Sena, and Bajrang Dal took part in the protest.

    “We strongly oppose such a marriage,” the working president of district VHP Dipak Gaud said.

    A photo of the wedding card of the BJP leader’s daughter, who is marrying a Muslim, turned up on social media on Thursday, stoking resentment among the hardliners.

    The wedding is slated to take place at a resort in the Ghuddaudi area on May 28.

    Benam is the Pauri Municipal Corporation chairman at present.

    A former MLA, he joined BJP after defecting from Congress earlier.

    People close to Benam said on condition of anonymity that his daughter studied at Lucknow University and had an affair with the man she is going to marry.

    Political leaders from both BJP and Congress have been invited to the wedding.

  • The mayor inspected the planning site in Pakki Phulwari locality

    The mayor inspected the planning site in Pakki Phulwari locality

    Daughter. The drainage system of Pakki Phulwari locality of Ward 5 of Municipal Corporation area will be further improved. People who have been facing water logging for years will soon get a big relief. Giving information after observing the location of the drain to be built by Mayor and junior engineer Manish Kumar in Pakki Phulwari, Municipal Corporation Mayor Garima Devi Sikariya said that from Ajay Tiwari’s house in the locality near Arun Kumar’s plot to NH 727 The construction of this RCC drain of total length of 616 feet will cost more than 19.22 lakhs.

    Mayor Sikariya also said that making the entire Municipal Corporation area water-logging free is one of his first priorities. Initiatives are also going on on the plan to treat the dirty water of the drain and make it suitable for reuse along with the best drainage system in the entire Municipal Corporation area. The Mayor informed that the initiative to publish tenders on the basis of ward-wise survey is going on. He said that in the upcoming rainy season, people do not have to face the problem of water logging anywhere, for this the municipal administration is working and taking other initiatives at many levels.