By PTI
LUCKNOW: With Uttar Pradesh celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr, Akshay Tritiya and Parshuram Jayanti peacefully displaying the state’s “Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”, Chief Minister on Tuesday praised folks for “not organising” non secular occasions on roads.
The chief minister praised the folks as officers stated it was for the primary time that Eid namaz was not supplied on roads. For instance, in Loni and Hapur, owing to a scarcity of area in mosques, the namaz was supplied in shifts, they stated.
Officials additionally stated until final 12 months round 50,000 to at least one lakh folks used to supply namaz on roads and different locations.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath praised the folks shortly after Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar too thanked UP’s non secular leaders for peacefully celebrating the festivals.
Kumar thanked them saying the state celebrated the festivals amid its “traditional Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”, which might be on show in future festivals as nicely.
Chief Minister Adityanath took to Twitter to reward the folks. “Today, a number of religious events were successfully held in Uttar Pradesh. The people of the state have taken a good initiative by not organising them on roads,” he twitted in Hindi.
“For a healthy and harmonious society, it is necessary that along with respect for the faith, there should also be a rule of law. This will become the foundation for the development of the state and self-reliance of citizens,” Adityanath stated.
ADG (Law and Order) Kumar earlier stated Eid was peacefully celebrated within the state. “The festival of Eid was celebrated peacefully and namaz was offered at around 32,000 places in the state. No untoward incident of any kind took place anywhere in the state, and people celebrated Eid with traditional fervour and gaiety,” Kumar stated.
He additionally stated Akshay Tritiya and Parshuram Jayanti too are being celebrated on Tuesday and the police drive has been deployed for this in satisfactory numbers. “Arrangements have been made so that no untoward incident takes place,” he stated.
He additionally thanked non secular leaders for his or her cooperation and stated “with Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, such participation will be seen in upcoming festivals” and they are going to be held peacefully.
In Lucknow, beneath the directives of Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia, officers together with the police drive made common rounds within the metropolis and the Eid namaz at Eidgah in Aishbagh and Tiley Waale Masjid had been held peacefully, he added.
In Lucknow, over 5 lakh folks, together with a lot of ladies, supplied namaz on the Eidgah maidan right here on the event of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The Eid Namaz occasion was additionally attended by UP Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, former CM Akhilesh Yadav, former Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma, state minister Danish Azad Ansari, Lucknow Central and West MLAs Ravidas Mehrotra and Arman Khan, and Lucknow’s Christ Church College Principal R Ok Chhatri amongst others.
