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Saxena wrote that the 3rd time of the four-day festival erstwhile offerings are made to the mounting sun, had already been designated a restricted holiday. (Express File Photo)
Even arsenic the AAP authorities successful Delhi, the Lieutenant Governor’s (L-G) Secretariat and the Delhi BJP jostled for recognition implicit the issue, a nationalist vacation was declared connected November 7 connected relationship of Chhath Puja.
The announcement came aft L-G V K Saxena wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, urging her to state a nationalist vacation connected the 3rd time of the festival, November 7.
Saxena wrote that the 3rd time of the four-day festival erstwhile offerings are made to the mounting sun, had already been designated a restricted holiday. “I impulse you that the authorities state November 7 (Thursday) arsenic a afloat (public) vacation and the record related to this beryllium moved astatine the earliest,” the L-G wrote to the CM.
In an bid issued connected Friday evening, Atishi issued directions declaring November 7 arsenic a holiday. “Chhath Puja is an important festival for the radical of Delhi. Therefore, the Delhi authorities has decided to state a nationalist vacation connected November 7…,” the bid stated.
Following this, successful a station connected X, Atishi said, “I americium pleased to denote that the Delhi authorities has decided to observe a vacation connected November 7 for Chhath, truthful that each Purvanchali brothers and sisters tin observe the festival with enthusiasm.”
Welcoming the move, Delhi president Virendra Sachdeva said that it was for the archetypal clip successful 2014 that Chhath was observed arsenic a vacation successful Delhi owed to the associated efforts of past Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay, MP Manoj Tiwari and different enactment leaders.
“But aft that, the Arvind Kejriwal authorities has been observing Chhath arsenic a restricted vacation each year. BJP believes that the radical of Purvanchal are the backbone of today’s system and their large festival Chhath should beryllium declared a nationalist holiday. I enactment and invited the connection missive sent by Honorable Lieutenant Governor Shri Vinay Kumar Saxena to the Chief Minister!” Sachdeva said successful a station connected X.
Chhath is simply a large festival celebrated successful Bihar and eastbound Uttar Pradesh.
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