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Strict action against anyone disrupting Kanwar Yatra: Dy CM
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Prayagraj: Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya
on Thursday said the state govt would take strict legal action against anyone disrupting the faith and devotion of kanwariyas.
"Kanwar Yatra is a symbol of faith, discipline and enthusiasm.
Govt is making elaborate arrangements for the yatra across the state in the month of Shravan. However, mischievous elements should not be given any opportunity to spoil the environment," he said.
Maurya was in city to participate in poet Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's birth anniversary celebrations.
He said all religious events must be conducted with devotion, safety, and social harmony, and the administrative machinery must work with full sensitivity and alertness. He also lashed out at
Samajwadi Party
and said whenever land grabbing cases involving people associated with the SP are being investigated, they make baseless allegations.
On the question of grabbing govt land by slain Atiq Ahmed's henchmen, the Deputy CM said whoever is involved in such misdeeds should immediately stop this or else the state govt will teach them a lesson.
Speaking on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Maurya said: "His poem
Vande Mataram
is a great mantra that helped India break the shackles of British slavery and increased the honour of the Indian tricolour. Our freedom fighters embraced execution while singing this mantra."
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He said Chatterjee's pen did the work that even swords couldn't do. He also garlanded the pictures of Chatterjee and Bharat Mata.
On the occasion, the district unit of BJP organised a mass singing of "Vande Mataram" at Amar Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad Circuit House on Thursday.
BJP's Prayagraj Mahanagar president Sanjay Gupta said: "Prayagraj is the only district where every year a collective Vande Mataram is sung on the birth anniversary of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee on June 26. This is a matter of pride. Vande Mataram is our consciousness and our strength."
