Mutalik wants restrictions on jatras to go by Friday
The Hindu
Sri Ram Sena chief says religious fairs are banned though other activities are allowed
Sri Ram Sena chief and Hindutva activist Pramod Mutalik has said that an agitation will be organised across the State if the State Government fails to withdraw order banning jatras and congregations imposed on account of COVID-19 protocol.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Tuesday, Mr. Mutalik said that while the State Government has relaxed restrictions on various other activities in the wakeof falling cases of the pandemic, it has not relaxed restrictions on religious activities and celebrations.
“It is highly condemnable that jatras have been banned but COVID-19 protocol does not apply to other economic and recreational activities. All the other activities can be conducted but not activities pertaining to religious events. Lakhs of people who are dependent on these religious fairs for their livelihood are being forced to take to the streets,” he said.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.