Row over ban on Chhath Puja celebrations fuels Purvanchali politics in Delhi

The DDMA banned celebrations of Chhath Puja in public places to contain the spread of Covid-19. The order has now triggered a political war in the national capital.

A former Congress MP from Delhi is appealing to the Arvind Kejriwal government to not hurt the sentiments of Purvanchalis. A sitting BJP MP organised a meeting of the Chhath Puja committees and challenged the order passed by the DDMA. Meanwhile, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is playing extra cautious on the issue. In totality, the DDMA’s order to ban the Chhath Puja celebrations in public places has taken the national capital’s politics by storm.

Now that the civic body polls are barely six months away, each political party would want the Purvanchali voters to rally behind them. Otherwise, their ships might sink.