Lucknow: Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments have canceled the Kanwar yatra in view of the corona epidemic. Now, International Joint General Secretary of The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Surendra Jain has made a statement on this. He has asked both the state governments to reconsider their decision today i.e. At the same time, he urged to allow religious pilgrimage with coronavirus restrictions. In fact, International Joint Secretary General Surendra Jain says, "The Kanwar Yatra is a very important religious pilgrimage for Hindus that unites the country. Corona protocol should be followed but banning travel is not right. My appeal to the Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand is to reconsider their decision and allow travel. However, this should be done keeping in view the Corona Protocol.''
At the same time, he added, "The judiciary should not be "selective" in its judgment. Instead of suppressing the religious faith of the people, state governments and the Supreme Court should find ways to control the situation in the future.'' In recent times, Jagannath Yatra was allowed with some restrictions. Moreover, he said, "Before Bakrid, the Kerala government had also announced a three-day concession from the weekend lockdown due to festival celebrations in the state. Did Jagannath yatra not take place following precautions? Didn't the Kerala government decide to allow Bakrid with some relaxation?''
Let me tell all of you that the Yogi government had earlier given permission for the Kanwar Yatra, but the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of this and issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government asking it to file a reply on the Kanwar Yatra by July 19. This led to talks with Kanwar associations (organizations) later and after the Supreme Court's direction, the organizations decided to cancel the yatra last Saturday.
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