"I had said that the Supreme Court should take cognizance of this matter and stop such action. Just like a diya flutters before being blown out, the communal politics that has ended, its diya is now fluttering and so the hearing is being held. The government has taken many such steps because
After the Supreme Court put an interim stay on 'nameplates' on eateries in Kanwar Yatra routes, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and petitioner Mahua Moitra on Monday termed it an "unconstitutional order" and said that the order was against the fundamental principles of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court on Monday put an interim stay on directives issued by the authorities of certain state governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route should display the names of the owners outside such shops.
In a significant update, the Supreme Court has put a stay on the directive issued by the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh, which mandated eateries along the Kanwariya Yatra route to display the owners' names.
Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbar spoke on Monday about the decision to place nameplates on the food shops in the Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Extending his support to the Uttar Pradesh government over its directive for food shops to display their owners' names along the Kanwar Yatra route, Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Govil on Monday said that he does not find anything wrong with the order.
With the monsoon showers giving their cool embrace to the subcontinent, devotees across the nation officially began their Kanwar Yatra on the occasion of the first Monday of 'Sawan' today.
The month of Sawan is famous for the Kanwar Yatra; devotees bring Ganga Jal and offer it to Lord Shiva on the day of Shivratri. Savan Shivratri falls in the month of July or August every year.
Reacting to the row over using 'nameplates' on food shops on the Kanwar route in UP and Uttarakhand, UP Congress state president Ajay Rai said that if Chirag Paswan and Jayant Chaudhary are really against this decision, then they should withdraw their support from the government.
Ahead of the Kanwar Yatra 2024, which is scheduled to start on Monday, Additional CP (Traffic) of Eastern Range Dinesh Kumar Gupta said that all routes have been identified and adequate force is deployed in Delhi to eliminate inconvenience to the devotees.
Amid the row in Uttar Pradesh, the Haridwar Police Administration also issued an order for restaurant owners to display names on the Kanwar Yatra route.
Ahead of the first Monday of the Sawan Shivratri festival, the Lucknow Police has made extensive security arrangements, including the use of CCTV cameras.