BJP MP launches Chhath Puja preparations at Yamuna’s banks despite DDMA ban
The Hindu
BJP MP Parvesh Verma on November 7 asserted to defy the ban on Chhath at Yamuna’s banks and challenged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to stop him
on November 8 performed rituals and launched preparations for Chhath Puja at the Yamuna Ghat near the ITO in New Delhi despite a ban by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority to perform it on the river’s banks.
The West Delhi parliamentarian, accompanied by BJP workers and members of the ‘purvanchali’ community, attended a ‘puja’ and began preparations for the festival that started on November 8.
People belonging to some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are referred to as ‘purvanchalis’.
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