Cong condemns temple demolition in Lahore

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New Delhi, Jun 15 (UNI) The Congress today condemned the demolition of the only Hindu temple in Lahore, saying it had exposed Pakistan Government's false claim to protect Sikh and Hindu shrines in that country.

"It is all the more painful that the demolition took place with the approval of a Government agency,Trust Property Board of Pakistan, which was created to protect the properties of minorities," Mr Anees Durrani, Secretary, Minoritiy Department of the AICC, said in a statement issued here.

He said the fact that some social activist groups and influential political parties of Pakistan, like Pakistan Peoples Party and the Muslim League, tried to resist the demolition and condemned this "naked vandalism" strengthened the impression that most of the people in this sub-continent do not want to hurt religious sentiments of others and wanted to live in peace.

Mr Durrani demanded the Government of Pakistan immediately reconstruct the demolished temple.

"We appeal to the Centre to lodge a very strong protest with the Govenment of Pakistan in this rsepct," he said.

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