Udupi: Thousands join Krishna Math’s ‘Rathotsava’ flouting COVID protocols amidst weekend curfew
Udupi: Amidst the COVID-induced weekend curfew across the state, thousands of devotees thronged to the Udupi’s Krishna Mutt on Saturday to attend ‘Rathotsava’ that was organised in clear violation with the government’s COVID advisory.
Majority of the shops, businesses, have been closed apart from the stores providing essential items in the background of the weekend curfew. Due to the scarce movement of people, few buses were reportedly in operation on Saturday.
However, the daytime ‘Rathotsava’ conducted in the Rathabeedi saw thousands of devotees in participation. The large gathering of people joining an event, while not wearing masks or maintaining required social distancing amid a weekend curfew is a clear violation of COVID protocols and guidelines issued by the government, the public expressed.
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Pawan Khera denied anticipatory bail in passport case: Cong stands up for senior member
New Delhi: The Congress party has stood by Pawan Khera, the Chairman of the party’s Media and Publicity Department, expressing confidence that regardless of hurdles like politics of threat and intimidation, justice would emerge victorious.
Khera was denied anticipatory bail by the Gauhati High Court on Friday in the case filed against him by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma for alleging that she possessed not only multiple passports but also undisclosed properties abroad.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said in a post in Hindi on his ‘X’ account, “The entire Indian National Congress stands in solidarity with Pawan Khera, the Chairman of its Media and Publicity Department. The process to challenge the Gauhati High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court is underway.” In the post, which he put up on Friday, Ramesh has added, “We are confident that justice will prevail over the politics of threats, intimidation, and harassment.”
Bhuyan Sarma has lodged also an FIR seeking legal action against Pawan Khera for his allegations that she possesses passports of three countries and owns a company in the US, which had invested Rs. 50,000 crores. She has filed criminal cases against the Congress leader at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
