{"id":126910,"date":"2021-04-21T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=126910"},"modified":"2021-04-21T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:45:35","slug":"modi-government-ajit-doval-letter-kumbh-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/modi-government-ajit-doval-letter-kumbh-mela\/","title":{"rendered":"Central govt officials say NSA Doval letter lauding Kumbh Mela for Covid conduct fake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The government officials on Tuesday said that a letter circulating on social media suggesting that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has appreciated the effort of Uttarakhand government officials for successfully organising the <em>Kumbh Mela<\/em> in Haridwar, is fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officials claimed that the letter is fake and the NSA has not written any such letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval.png 717w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval-600x378.png 600w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval-696x439.png 696w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21133234\/ajith-doval-666x420.png 666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><figcaption><em>The Central government officials<\/em> said NSA has not written any such letter, <em>the letter is fake. <\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the purported letter addressed to the Uttarakhand Chief Secretary, Ajit Doval compliments him &#8220;in handling the situation during <em>Kumbh Mela&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter ends by saying that his efforts for the successful conduct of <em>Kumbh Mela<\/em> would ensure a religious atmosphere, help to maintain order and promote RSS ideology in the future as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kumbh<\/em> is held periodically at four different locations in India &#8211; Nashik, Haridwar, Prayagraj, and Ujjain. In normal circumstances, <em>Kumbh<\/em> continues for nearly four months but this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the duration of the congregation has been curtailed to one month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing Kumbh Mela has triggered debates at a time when India is battling the second wave of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Also Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/vk-paul-covid-19-strategies-ut\/\" target=\"_blank\">Niti Aayog\u2019s Paul says union territories should plan Covid-19 strategies for next three weeks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, PM Modi urged Kumbh Mela devotees and Management to make weeks-long religious festival only symbolic amid an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases. Huge number of people testing positive in and around Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporting the PM Modi&#8217;s appeal to make Kumb symbolic, singer Sonu Nigam joined in instagram and said that Kumbh Mela shouldn\u2019t have taken place amid huge surge in Covid-19 cases. He also said that good sense has prevailed after Kumbh was declared symbolic. Sonu&#8217;s video comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Kumbh Mela a symbolic event to strengthen India&#8217;s fight against Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/delhi-hospitals-oxygen-refill\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/delhi-hospitals-oxygen-refill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delhi hospitals get oxygen tankers hours after HC pulls up Centre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonu Nigam, in his video, questioned the need to go ahead with a gathering as large as Kumbh, especially during these trying times. He also said that religious gatherings should have been avoided at this time. Sonu also added that he is a Hindu and has the right to speak about his religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government officials on Tuesday said that a letter circulating on social media suggesting that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has appreciated the effort of Uttarakhand government officials for successfully organising the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, is fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":126934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,17,4],"tags":[92143,64026,61158,95115],"yst_prominent_words":[39585,14185,90276,92962,37854,3885,9111,8180,30469,10629,3904,5526,64307,5122],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21132806\/nsa.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126910"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=126910"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=126910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->