Bundi : The controversy over breaking the umbrella of former King Rao Surajmal Hada of Bundi has now been resolved. Bhoomi pujan for the Chhatri construction work will be held on Friday, October 4 at 12.15 pm. With this, the deadlock that was going on for the last 13 days in the entire state including Bundi has also ended. A meeting in this regard was held on Thursday 3 October. On the initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, a meeting of airport authority and district administration officials was held in the presence of former MP and member of the former royal family of Kota, Ijyaraj Singh. In this meeting, keeping in mind the sentiments of the society, a consensus was reached regarding the reconstruction of the Chhatri at the same place.
Birla gave instructions – the sentiments of the society should be taken care of.
The representatives of the society present in the meeting informed Speaker Birla about the entire incident and various demands of the society. Speaker Birla had said that at the time of such action, the administration should act sensitively and keep in mind the sentiments of the entire society. Taking cognizance of the matter, the district administration was instructed to work keeping in mind the sentiments of the society. It was also said that keeping in mind the historical importance of Chhatri, it should be rebuilt in accordance with the spirit of the society. During this, positive discussions were also held on various issues including panorama related to the history of Hadoti and making the statue of former King Rao Surajmal Hada in the airport premises.
CM agreed to the proposal
After consensus was reached in the meeting, Om Birla spoke to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on phone. The Chief Minister also agreed to the issues of the meeting. Also instructed the Kota Development Authority administration to complete the process of construction of the umbrella and start the work soon. A decision was also taken to form a committee under the guidance of former MP Ijyaraj Singh. This committee will work in coordination with the Airport Authority on all matters related to the reconstruction and design of the umbrella. The technical committee of the airport authority will finalize the design of the umbrella.
KDA broke the umbrella and the dispute started again
Last month, on September 21, the Kota Development Authority had demolished the 500-year-old statue and umbrella of former king Surajmal Hada for the airport in the limits of Bundi district. After which the anger of Rajput society erupted. KDA allotted a new place the same evening. But the society was adamant to build the idol and umbrella at the original place. Regarding this demand, many public representatives including Union Minister Gajendra Singh, MLA Rao Rajendra Singh, Minister Otram Devasi, MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati, former Minister Rajendra Singh Rathore, MLA Kalpana Devi also wrote letters to the Central and State Governments. Considering the attitude of the society, KDA has also canceled the proposed bhoomi pujan program of the memorial at the new place.
