The South India times Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, MP on Monday warned the state government against creating hurdles in the Ganesh Nimajjan at Tank Bund in Hyderabad on the pretext of Supreme Court orders.
Speaking to media per- sons here, Sanjay said it was unfortunate that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government had been creating a tense atmosphere every year during the immersion of Ganesh idols. The government had been conspiring to create hurdles to the festivities on the pretext of environmental pollution.
“The devotees are forced to take permission from the revenue, police, fire and electricity departments to celebrate the festivities in public. Even after taking all these permissions, the authorities are creating hurdles for the Ganesh Nimajjanam festivities.
The government has been projecting the celebration of any Hindu festival as a law and order issue,” he alleged.
The BJP president wondered why the government had not made any arrangements for the Ganesh Nimajjanam even after three days after the commencement of the festivities. “Chief Secretary Some sh Kumar, who is violating the court orders regularly, is showing the Supreme Court orders as an excuse to stall the nimajjanam program,” he said.
He reminded that during the severe Covid-19 pandemic, too, the government had allowed rallies by the Muslims on the occasion of the Ramzan festival in the Old City of Hyderabad. “We did not raise any objection when the government distributed almonds and pistachios to the Muslims. But at the same time, it had grossly neglected the people undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in Gandhi Hospital,” he said. Stating that the BJP wants to conduct the 10- day long Ganesh festivities in a peaceful atmosphere, Sanjay said though the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi made all the arrangements for the nimajjanam, the government was not making any arrangements citing Supreme Court directions.
“We won’t tolerate it if the government doesn’t co-operate with the devotees in immersing the Ganesh idols as per their convenience. We shall take up the fight for nimajjanam at Pragati Bhavan. The Hindu community is not afraid of KCR, who is trying to create a law and order situation to garner votes of one particular community,” he said, adding that the devotees would go ahead with the immersion in Hussainsagar, come what may.
Sanjay also condemned the arrest of hundreds of teachers from 13 districts, who were trying to bring their hardships on the controversial GO No. 317 to the notice of the TRS government on Teachers’ Day. Stating that KCR had utter disregard for the teaching community, the BJP president demanded the unconditional release of the arrested teachers and an apology from the chief minister.
