New Delhi:
Durga puja in Delhi this year is set to begin on a contentious note as the ruling BJP and the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party are pointing fingers at each other over which party wants political mileage for its leaders during the festival. Senior AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has asked organisers to place photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in pandals. Without issuing a direct denial, the BJP shot back that AAP had put photos of their party chief and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “during chhat puja”.
Calling it “blasphemy”, Mr Bhardwaj said, “So now, will Bengali brothers and sisters be forced to worship PM Modi alongside Maa Durga?”
“CM Rekha Gupta asking to Place PM’s photo near to Goddess Durga’s idol in Puja Pandals is blasphemy. BJP mustn’t play with Hindus’ faith to run its political shop; Playing PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat at Ramlila bhoomi pujan was also wrong. Bengali community will not accept CM Rekha Gupta’s ‘Tughlaqi farman’; It has deeply angered entire Bengali community (sic),” read a post by him on X, formerly Twitter.
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