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BJP on Dahi Handi ban: ‘Is Maharasthra government taking orders from Taliban?’
The Maharashtra government has banned the annual “Dahi Handi” celebrations on Janmashtami citing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scaling up its attack on the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday questioned “why are all restrictions being enforced on Hindu festivals in Maharashtra”.
BJP MLA and chief whip in Maharasthra Assembly, Ashish Shelar said: “Is this government taking orders from Taliban? Why are all restrictions being enforced on Hindu festivals in Maharashtra?”
The state government has banned the annual “Dahi Handi” celebrations on Janmashtami citing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Claiming the Shiv Sena was compromising on its “Hindutva”, he said it was the same party that raised “hue and cry” when the Bombay High Court court had restricted the height of human pyramids during Dahi Handi celebrations.
