False secularism

Covid-19 restrictions should not be eased for any religion

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A member of Muslim community offers Eid-ul-Fitr namaz outside Jama Masjid, during the ongoing Covid-19 nationwide lockdown, in Old Delhi. Photo: PTI

Business Standard Editorial Comment New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Jul 20 2021 | 1:05 AM IST

The Kumbh Mela’s role in the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 underlined with deadly effect the consequences of permitting larger numbers of people to congregate in a limited area. That lesson was well learned at least by Uttarakhand’s new Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who sensibly led the way by announcing that his administration had cancelled the annual Kanwar Yatra, when some 30 million devotees from north and west India converge on the state to carry water from the Ganga to Shiva shrines in July-August. The Uttar Pradesh government chose to follow suit after a suo motu intervention

Topics : Coronavirus Pinarayi Vijayan secularism Kerala Communist Party of India (Marxist) Eid-ul-Fitr Eid celebrations Kanwarias Kumbh Mela Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Supreme Court

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