The AAP Monday waded into a row over the Supreme Court-directed demolition of Tughlaqabad’s Ravidas temple, which has sparked protests by members of the Dalit community in various parts of Punjab.
On August 9, the Supreme Court had ordered demolition of the temple, directing the Delhi Development Authority and Delhi Police to file a compliance report on August 13. The DDA had secured a demolition order from the court, pleading that the structure was unauthorized.

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The demolition was carried out on August 10. “The DDA had the option of giving land to the temple authorities for fresh construction. But the agency could not even give 100 yards of land to the Guru Ravidas Jayanti Samaroh Samiti. The DDA sent to police, got the temple demolished and also took the idol away,” AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed during a press conference.
The party’s Dalit faces, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam and MLAs Rakhi Birla and Manoj Kumar, were also present at the conference.