Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad on Friday claimed that such was the prevailing situation in the country that it seems that festivals such as Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti are only for riots.
"Violence broke out between two communities in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Wednesday. Internet services suspended, Section 144 imposed in the district after the violence," District Administration said.
51,000 people have been invited but we expect a gathering of 7,000 to 8,000 people and security arrangement are been made accordingly. Action will be taken against anti-social elements," said Harish Chandra, DCP Noida.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti today unveiled a 54-feet-tall statue of Lord Hanuman at Sarangpur temple in Botad district, Gujarat.
Around 1000 police personnel were deployed for Hanuman Jayanti events in the city. Besides, the Reserve force, Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Fixed Pickets (barricades along with police personnel) were also arranged for the processions to be taken out in the Old city area in Bhopal.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has slammed Congress party and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Kamal Nath over his remark while attending Iftar Party in the state.
"The way lord Hanuman discovered his strength and then performed the task, the same way we discovered our strength in 2014 and kept discovering since then," Jaishankar said.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Thursday painted the party's Lotus symbol on a wall near the party office in T Nagar area in the city on the occasion of BJP's 44th Foundation Day.