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Uttar Pradesh says yes to Kanwar Yatra, Uttarakhand cancels it

Amid Covid third fears, the Uttarakhand govt has cancelled the Kanwar Yatra while the UP has already decide to resume the annual ritual with Covid restrictions in place.Every year, an estimated 30 million Kanwariyas gather to collect water from Ganga at Haridwar to offer to Shiva temples in their areas.

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Amid Covid third fears, the Uttarakhand government has cancelled the Kanwar Yatra this year while the Uttar Pradesh has devoted to begin the annual ritual with Covid restrictions in place.

On Wednesday, the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held meeting with the top state government officials and decided to cancel the Yatra. After the meeting, Dhami said that the Uttarakhand government is not interested in turning Haridwar into a Covid hotspot and do not want to put people’s lives at risk. He said the government have decided to cancel the Kanwar Yatra in view of the Covid third wave fear. God wouldn’t want lives to be lost, Dhami said.

The decision to cancel the Kanwar Yatra in Uttarakhand was taken a day after the Indian Medical Association’s state unit wrote to the Chief Minister and reminded him that failure to follow rules had triggered the devastating second wave.

The Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General (ADG), Prashant Kumar, had said that the Kanwar yatra will be held from July 25 to August 6 this year.

On Tuesday, the UP government said that the Kanwar Yatra, which sees a heavy movement of crores of devotees from UP, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, will take place from July 25 with a minimum capacity, strict Covid protocols and negative RT-PCR Covid.  

Hours after the cancellation of Yatra, Dhami has also requested to the UP govt officials to coordinate with them to curb the pandemic. Heavy security forces have been deployed at Uttarakhand border to stop the Kanwariyaas.  

The Kanwar Yatra doesn’t necessarily requires a devotee to go to Haridwar or Gomukh. The water of Ganga called Gangajal can be fetched from other locations. As per the devotees demand, the water of Ganga will be transported through tanker to other states.

It is being considered that a big chunk of devotees especially in central UP and East UP will move towards Prayagraj or Varanasi.

Every year, an estimated 30 million Kanwariyas from various northern states gather to collect water from the Ganga at Haridwar to offer to Shiva temples in their areas.

Last year, in view of Covid lockdown, the UP govt had cancelled the Kanwar Yatra while earlier before this in 2019, nearly 3.5 crore devotees had visited Haridwar while over 2-3 crore people had visited pilgrimage spots in Western UP.

Earlier this year, the Uttarakhand government had faced massive criticism over organising Maha Kumbh in Haridwar, which led to a massive surge in Covid cases. Expert have estimated that fewer than 300 cases were reported on April 1 but that jumped to over 5,500 by mid-May. The outrage led to an appeal by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi mid-way to shortened one-month festival.

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The Uttarakhand government cancelled the Yatra at a time the Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a warning to follow the Covid protocols after visuals from hill stations showed large crowds violating Covid protocols in public gathering and shopping centres.

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PM Modi says Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram

PM Modi slammed Congress during a rally in Chhattisgarh, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party for declining to attend the pran pratishtha ritual at the Ayodhya Ram temple on January 22 this year.

The prime minister said Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram and denied invitation for Pran Pratishtha at Ram Temple, while speaking at a rally in Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. The PM question the people present at the rally that is it not a disrespect of Mata Shabri? Congress leaders inclination toward appeasement politics runs in their family.

For political appeasement, they won’t think twice about stealing the rights of Adivasis, the poor, and Dalits. Poor, young, and women are BJP’s top priorities, Modi said.

PM Modi criticized the Congress again during the rally for claiming that the BJP would alter the constitution.

The leaders of Congress recite the same old phrases whenever an election is about to happen, the PM said. He also said they claim that if the BJP wins power, it will renounce the constitution and abolish reservations. For how long will you continue selling lies?” he asked.

The prime minister continued saying that nobody can change the Constitution, even if Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar were to come and insist on it, it wouldn’t happen.

Those in the Congress threaten to break Modi’s head. Nobody can harm Modi as long as the mothers and sisters of this county stands by him. These mothers and sisters are Raksha Kavach, Modi remarked.

The prime minister further attacked the Congress after Viriato Fernandes, the party’s candidate for South Goa, asserted that Goa was forced to adopt the Indian Constitution.

Referring to his conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Fernandes said he had told him, when Goa was liberated in the year 1961, the Indian Constitution was forced upon us.

The prime minister said, Congress candidate from Goa says Constitution was forced upon Goans; is this not an insult of Ambedkar and Constitution.

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Amit Shah says neither Congress nor Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with CAA

Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal.

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said neither Congress nor Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He was speaking at the Karandighi rally in West Bengal where he also made the prediction as to how many seats BJP will win in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

The union home minister asked the masses to cut the money culture. Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections the BJP had won 18 out of 42 seats in West Bengal. He asked Mamata Banerjee, what problem will she have if the Buddhist and Hindu refugees from Bangladesh get citizenship in India?

Shah further added if the people of West Bengal want to stop infiltration in the state, then they will have to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India again. He said if the people of West Bengal want to free Bengal of violence, stop infiltration in the state, give citizenship to refugees, to stop disrespecting mothers and sisters of the state as it happened in Sandeshkhali, then  only way is to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister.

Amit Shah said that PM Modi had sent Rs 7 lakh crore to West Bengal but the TMC indulged in corruption. He said one can see the houses of Trinamool Congress leaders; 10 years ago they used to live in a hut, moved on cycle and now all of them have 4-storey houses and move around in big cars. He added this is the money of people of West Bengal.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), will make it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to get Indian citizenship, was enacted in 2019. But the rules were notified in March this year by the Centre.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi says listening to Hanuman Chalisa under Congress rule is a crime

PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, on a day as India celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the Congress and said even listening to Hanuman Chalisa has become a crime under the party’s rule. The Prime Minister also said it was difficult to follow one’s faith under the party and accused it of hatching a deep conspiracy to snatch people’s wealth and distribute it among selected few people in the society. PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, on a day as India celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

PM Modi said in a state like Rajasthan where people chant Ram-Ram, Congress banned Ram Navami. He reffered to the redistribution of wealth remarks he had made during a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara on Sunday and said it has angered the Congress and INDI Alliance so much that they have started throwing abuses at Modi everywhere.

The Prime Minister said that Congress has written in their manifesto that they will survey the wealth. He said the Congress leadership had said in a speech that an X-ray of wealth will be done. He added when Modi exposed the secret then the hidden agenda came out and this has left the people trembling. PM Modi further added that the Congress party has played with the Constitution of the India.

He said when the Constitution was drafted, reservations based on religion were opposed, so that Scheduled Casts (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) could get protection. He said former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had said that Muslims have the first right to the country’s resources.  The prime minister further added Congress’s ideology has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics. He said stones would still be pelted in Jammu and Kashmir, and enemies would still be cutting off the heads of India’s soldiers had Congress been in power.

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