VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi has asked ‘kawarias’ to boycott ‘kawars’ made by Muslims, triggering a controversy. Sadhvi Prachi made the controversial appeal while inaugurating a transit camp in Daha village under Baghpat district near here. She said Hindus should boycott ‘kawars’ made by Muslims in the interest of the people of their own faith. The Baghpat district adminstration has ordered a probe into the alleged statement by the VHP leader.
Kawarias are Hindu devotees who march to the Ganga in various places to fetch its water to offer it at select Lord Shiva temples in their areas in the Hindu calender month of ‘shrawan’.