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The Vasundhara Raje Scindia-led BJP government in Rajasthan is trying to work out a consensus with the RSS after the latter called for a chakka jam (traffic blockade)protest here over its demand for the relocation of temples for Metro rail work.
The RSS, which is demanding that the temples shifted due to work on the Jaipur Metro and broadening of roads be relocated to their original sites, has said it will hold a protest here on July 9.
“The matter is being reviewed at the Chief Minister’s level and I hope we would reach a consensus,” Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore told reporters after a Cabinet meeting here.
He claimed that the relocation of temples had not taken place entirely under the BJP dispensation and that “32 temples were also shifted during the previous Congress regime”.
Asked whether any ruling party MLAs were supporting the RSS on the plan, Rathore said he was not aware of it.
An RSS spokesperson had announced that barring essential service vehicles, chakka jam will be observed and people here would be requested not to run their vehicles and motorbikes for two hours between 9 am and 11 am on Thursday.
An RSS spokesperson said 84 temples have so far been shifted from their original places in Jaipur in a joint operation of Jaipur Municipal Corporation, Jaipur Development Authority and Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation.
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