After the publication of the advertisement, the applicant appeared in the court of the Additional Tehsildar and withdrew his application saying that he had mistakenly written the area as 10 hectares, whereas he needed only 10,000 square feet.”įinally, the SDM stated that the application in the Tehsil has been dismissed on 01 January 2022 and the case has been finally closed. He stated, “As per the preliminary process, on receipt of the application, a memorandum was issued by the Additional Tahsildar for publishing an advertisement. Raipur SDM Devendra Patel said that the application seeking land was made by one Syed Kalim on behalf of the organization. The state government has set up a probe against the officials who had initially cleared the allotment. Has any community in history been allotted such a large space for building a community hall? Does it take 25 acres to build a community hall?”, he asked.įollowing this protest, the Congress government has cancelled the allotment stating that the request for land from Dawat-e-Islami was declined in the first place. space to this Pakistani organization for building a community center. He noted that the Face book page of Dawat-e-Islami has photos of its Pakistani founder Ilyas Qadri and that the logos of the original Pakistani organization and its Chhattisgarh wing are also similar.Īgrawal raised questions over government intention to donate 10.76 lakh sq. The members of this organization were either identified as terrorists and spies who were apprehended by the special cell of the Delhi Police, Agrawal alleged. Dawat-e-Islami is a Pakistani organization, and Congress is enabling them to open their branches in our country”Īgrawal pointed that several allegations were leveled against Dawat-e-Islami regarding forced conversions, influencing voters and collecting donations to support terrorism. Brij Mohan Agrawal taking lead in mobilizing mass protest tweeted “The Chhattisgarh government is allotting 25 acres (10 hectares) of land in Raipur to an organization named Dawat-e Islami. Opposing the move the state BJP unit mobilized a strong protest and raised massive hue and cry over the allotment of such a huge piece of land to an Islamist organization with Pakistani links. After the primary allotment the additional collector had issued an advertisement inviting claims and objections against the allotment before January 13, 2022. The land was earmarked in Boriakhurd area of Raipur city to be used to house a community center. The Bhupesh Baghel government had almost decided to allot 25 acre land in Raipur to Pakiastan linked Dawt-e-Islami on the request of the outfit’s Chhattisgarh wing. Sources said that on JanuAgrawal who is a former minister and a powerful BJP leader of the state leveled a serious allegation against the Congress government of the state over the allotment of land to this Pakistan-based organization. However, the government had to drop this plan after a massive protest against the decision raised by the BJP leader Brij Mohan Agrawal. Raipur, Jan 7: Former Chhatisgarh Minister and senior BJP leader Brij Mohan Agrawal deserves a pat for forcing the Congress government to cancel 25 acre land allotment to an Islamic organization called Dawat-e-Islami in the state.Īccording to the reports, the Chhattisgarh Congress government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had almost decided to allot 25 acre land to Dawat-e-Islami, alleged to be Pakistani extremist outfit in Raipur.