The VHP divisional secretary suggested that if the government wants to pay Muslim clerics, it should bring the mosques and madarsas of the Wakf Board under its own control and utilise their funds to benefit Imams.
The Madras High Court observed that 2000-year-old temples in the State are in ruins, which has facilitated miscreants to 'lay their hands on the idols.'
Lahoty in his letter mentioned that if this rule has been implemented due to the lockdown then it should be followed by all the religious institutions.
The Covid-19 care centre of the Swaminarayan temple is equipped with 500 beds, oxygen facilities like liquid oxygen tanks and piped oxygen lines, ICU beds and ventilators.