Former chief minister and Chief of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Tuesday lashed out at Mysuru MP Pratap Simha over his latest assertion that he’ll demolish the “bus shelters on Nanjangud Street with domes on prime of it” even because the latter mentioned that he’ll “solely wait for 2 extra days” earlier than demolishing it himself.
“Being an MP, he doesn’t have basic information. Who’s Pratap Simha to demolish the gumbaz (domes)? Did he give cash to assemble the bus cease? It has been constructed on the federal government’s cash. Officers plan and assemble such a construction. They’re making an attempt to divide the society forward of polls, which won’t work,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
“I’ve seen pictures on social media of a bus stand on which there have been gumbaz (domes). On the centre, there was an enormous gumbaz and moreover that, there have been two smaller gumbaz; it’s a masjid. I’ve requested KRILD engineers to take away it inside 3-4 days, or else I’ve advised them that I’ll bulldoze it with a JCB,” Simha had mentioned whereas addressing a gathering at a cultural occasion within the metropolis on Sunday. Simhas’s speech went viral on social media.
Simha was referring to the newly constructed bus shelter within the Mysuru-Nanjanagudu highway.
On Tuesday, the Lok Sabha member defended his assertion and mentioned that he’s dedicated to do what he had mentioned. Chatting with reporters in Mysuru, Simha mentioned that he’ll wait for 2 extra days after that he himself will demolish the domes. “I had made the assertion at a e-book launch occasion. I had mentioned that I’ll demolish the dome if the officers don’t do it. It has been two days now, I’ll wait for 2 extra days after which I’ll demolish them myself,” the MP mentioned.
When requested if he’ll search permission from the district administration earlier than the demolition he mentioned that it isn’t required. “We’ll demolish solely the domes and never the bus shelter. Earlier than establishing it, officers ought to have taken permission from the Nationwide Highways Authority of India, which they haven’t achieved. I don’t want to tell the district administration because it comes underneath NHAI,” he mentioned.
“Some individuals are commenting on domes within the Vidhana Soudha and Mysore Palace, I wish to say that, first they need to research a bit about structure. The domes above mosques are completely different from that of the Palace or another buildings. Between, the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, Indo-Persian structure was launched in India and several other buildings have been constructed throughout this time. After the British got here in, the European model of structure was used, which is known as hybrid, which is a combination of all structure. You possibly can see the Parliament, Madras Excessive Court docket and Vidhana Soudha have been inbuilt Indo-Gothic model. So, you may’t examine the domes of the masjid with these constructions,” he added.