The festive season in Delhi seems to be headed for a contentious closure with a conflict between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the opposition BJP over the ghats for bathing through the coming Chhath puja. The events have accused one another of being “anti-Purvanchali” and AAP has alleged that the police are intentionally closing down ghats and pushing across the poor who’re ready to have a good time Chhath.
The four-day Chhath puja which began at present, is the veneration of the solar. It is the most important pageant of Bihar and Jharkhand and is noticed with enthusiasm by the migrant Bihari group throughout the nation. It can also be noticed in elements of japanese Uttar Pradesh.
In the nationwide capital, a number of ghats on the Yamuna and different water our bodies are reserved for the devotees, who bathtub and make choices each to the rising and setting solar. The hassle this time is over the Satpula ghat in south Delhi, which has been a standard spot for Chhath puja.
There was rigidity between the BJP and AAP supporters and the police got here in to revive order.
“The police have resorted to full-scale hooliganism,” senior AAP chief and Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj informed reporters at present.
“The poor, notably Dalits, are celebrating Chhath and the police are barricading the ghat to allow them to’t have a good time. This is being on the directions of the BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj,” he added.
The BJP’s Shikha Rai, in the meantime, alleged that the DDA group that has clearance to have a good time Chhath, will not be being given entry to the ghat.
The native MPs and MLAs have been right here since yesterday disrupting development work. The labourers are being overwhelmed up… I do not perceive — in case you are anti-Hindu, anti-Purvanchali, why not simply say so,” she mentioned.
Putting up tents and transportable altering rooms and organising the area on the ghats are among the many preparatory work for the celebrations.
The BJP mentioned they’ve sought clearance from the DDA, and the AAP claims that they’ve clearance from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
The conflict comes forward of the elections in Delhi, scheduled in February subsequent yr, and the assist of the Purvanchali group could be essential for each side.
Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former Union minister, Late Sushma Swaraj, and a BJP MP from the nationwide capital, is anticipated to go to the spot this night.