Anna Hazare, the social activist, has raised questions over the Maharashtra authorities’s orders to open bars and pubs within the state whereas the temples are nonetheless closed. Hazare has provided his assist if devotees maintain protests to carry curbs on the temples within the state.
In his assertion, Hazare added that the federal government appears advantageous with the large queues outdoors liquor outlets within the state, however they aren’t okay with reopening the temples. Reportedly, he met a delegation of individuals demanding the reopening of the temples throughout the state.
He mentioned, “Why the state government is not opening temples? What danger the state government sees in opening temples for people? If COVID-19 is the reason, then there are big queues outside liquor shops.” Hazare has assured assist for the delegation and provided to be with them in the event that they stage an agitation to reopen the temples.
BJP staged protests to reopen temples
On August 30, Chandrakant Patil, state chief BJP, held a ‘shankhnad andolan’ and sought the reopening of temples for the general public. Protests had been held by the social gathering staff outdoors temples throughout the state in cities together with Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Nagpur and Solapur. The social gathering staff marched in direction of the temples blowing conch shells. Patil mentioned, “The shankhanad is necessary to wake up the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, which is in deep slumber. Pleas demanding the reopening of temples have gone unheard for the past 15 months.”
While the state authorities has allowed a number of sectors to perform within the state and have allowed totally vaccinated folks to journey in native practice, the Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities continues to be unwilling to open temples claiming it might result in additional unfold of Covid-19 within the state.
Covid-19 in Maharashtra
On August 30, Maharashtra reported 3,741 new circumstances of Covid-19. There are 51,834 lively circumstances within the state. So far, the state has reported 64,60,680 circumstances of Covid-19. 62,68,112 folks have recovered from the illness. A complete of 1,37,209 folks have misplaced their lives attributable to issues related to coronavirus an infection. So far, the state has administered 5.7 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.