Kullu Dasehra: Deities to be paid honorarium

Our Correspondent

KULLU, OCTOBER 19

Language, Arts and Culture minister and chairman of Kullu Dasehra Festival Committee Govind Singh Thakur said that ‘nazrana’ (honorarium) will be given to the deities attending the Kullu Dasehra Festival as soon as the model code of conduct for the Mandi byelection is over.

He said Congress leaders were doing politics in the name of deities which was not right for Dev Samaj.

The minister said that BJP respected deities and it had never done politics in their names. The BJP has given more than Rs 4 crore for the welfare of Dev Samaj in Kullu in 2018 and 2019, while the Congress had never released such a huge amount during its regime.

The chairman said that the government had maintained the culture by respecting the deities and inviting all of them for the Dasehra festival in the midst of the Covid crisis.

Earlier, it was unanimously decided in the general house that due to the absence of commercial activities, the deities would not be given ‘nazrana’. However some members raised questions about denial of ‘nazrana’. The Congress leaders also opposed the government’s decision to shy away from giving nominal ‘nazrana’.

Thakur addressed the people in a programme of OBCs held in 14 Mile and the BJYM programme in Naggar. He urged the youth to work at booth level to ensure victory of BJP candidate by a huge margin.

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