Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Pathak on Tuesday said the BJP ruled-Central Government has issued guidelines to stop the celebration of Chhath puja but the same party is accusing the Kejriwal Government of not allowing the celebration in Delhi.
Pathak said that the AAP demands the BJP to get permission from Home Minister Amit Shah to celebrate Chhath Puja and the Aam Aadmi Party will ensure the celebration in Delhi. Senior leader and MLA Sanjeev Jha said that the party does not want any kind of politics on the matters of faith and BJP leaders should also avoid doing such politics.
AAP senior leader Sanjay Bhagat said that earlier in Delhi there were only 72 places where the celebration of Chhath puja used to take place but after the AAP government was formed, we increased the number of Chhath Ghats to 1200.
Pathak said, "The celebration of Chhath Puja is a very important festival for the people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In Delhi, there are lakhs of people who originally reside from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. People from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar travel to various states for work but they never leave their culture and festivals. The guidelines issued by the Central government’s Home Ministry have imposed several restrictions on the celebration of Chhath Puja and this is why in Delhi and in many other states Chhath Puja will not take place in public.”
“It is unfortunate and shameful that BJP at one side is stopping the celebration of Chhath Puja and on the other side, politicising the issue.