Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealed to rival leaders to “not do politics” over Chhath Puja, even as he said restrictions imposed on its celebrations on river banks and other public places are for the safety of the people. In the midst of ongoing Kovid-19 for. pandemic. The AAP supremo also urged that leaders of other parties should join the government’s efforts to raise awareness about its risks coronavirus The infection spreads if a large number of people enter the water bodies.
“We also want life to get back on track, and Chhath Puja should be celebrated with a lot of festivities. But, people do ‘Arghya’ (to the Sun God) by entering a watercourse in the evening and the next morning. But, there is a huge risk involved, because even if one person is infected with the coronavirus, it can spread through water to everyone around them,” he told reporters.
Delhi units of both BJP and Congress have demanded that Chhath Puja celebrations be allowed in the national capital. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), in its order on Thursday, banned Chhath Puja celebrations at public places, including river banks and temples, in view of Covid-19.
In view of the epidemic, Chhath Puja was banned in public places in Delhi last year as well. Chhath Puja, a four-day festival, is largely celebrated in Delhi by the people of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh or ‘Purvanchalis’. It is considered an important vote-bank by all the major parties here. This year, it falls in early November.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday alleged that Kejriwal “insulted” lakhs of Purvanchalis in Delhi by banning Chhath Puja celebrations in the city. Tiwari, who held a meeting with Chhath Puja committees at his residence here, said he would be forced to stage. “Mass protest” with Purvanchalis (people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh settled in Delhi) if the ban is not lifted.
I appeal to the leaders of other parties with folded hands not to politicize this issue, not to do politics on it. Instead, they should join the government’s efforts to raise awareness about the safety of people amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” Kejriwal said on Saturday. The decision was “mandatory” to ensure people’s safety, Especially when Delhi has fought four waves of the pandemic, the chief minister said.
“So, many people lost their lives in the last wave, in the time of April-May, and we have saved lives from great challenges. We don’t want anyone to contract Covid again, so this decision was taken,” he said. Delhi on Friday recorded zero deaths due to COVID-19 and 32 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 0.05 per cent. According to the data shared with, the city’s health department.
Despite a drop in daily cases over the past several days, Kejriwal had recently cautioned that the prospect of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic was quite real, while insisting that his government was on a “war footing” to tackle it. is preparing. The total number of cases on Friday stood at 14,38,900. More than 14.13 lakh patients have recovered from the virus. The death toll due to coronavirus infection in Delhi is 25,087.
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