Karnataka to settle on loosening up checks on Ganesha celebration dependent on inputs from specialists: CM

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KEY STORY

  • Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the government will take a decision on relaxing restrictions on Ganesha festival celebrations, on September 5, after getting necessary inputs from the districts and the expert committee.
  • The Chief Minister who held a meeting with senior Ministers, officials and experts on Monday had deferred a decision on allowing full-fledged Ganesha festival celebrations for which several BJP leaders and groups with Sangh Parivar background were mounting pressure.
  • “Right decision has to be taken at the right time, all the inputs that were required from various districts were not there at yesterday’s meeting. We have sought inputs from Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of police of all the districts, and the health department has been asked to do a complete analysis,” Bommai said in response to a question on “delay” in the decision.
  • Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said, “the opinion was to take guidance from the expert committee on what decision has to be taken and necessary measures to be put in place.

CONCLUSION

  • They have sought some time, so on September 5 we will hold a meeting, and we will decide on it.”
  • Several organisations and political leaders, mostly from the BJP and with Sangh Parivar background have been demanding relaxation of restrictions on Ganesha festival.
  • Citing COVID, the government had earlier banned the public celebration of the Ganesha festival by setting up pandals, and had said that people must celebrate it in their homes and no procession will be allowed while bringing the Ganesha idol or during the immersion of the idols.

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