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UP BJP to celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti as Samrasta Diwas
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Nagpur: Preparation for Ambedkar Jayanti underway at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, on April 13, 2015. . Image Source: IANS News
Lucknow, April 9 : After the Samajwadi Party announced that it would celebrate Dalit Diwali on Ambedkar Jayanti, the Uttar Pradesh BJP has declared that it would celebrate the occasion as the Samrasta Diwas ( Social Harmony Day) at the booth level.
State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said the party would be holding two-day celebrations on April 13 and April 14 - to mark the occasion.
State BJP general secretary, Govind Narain Shukla said that on April 13, office bearers and workers of party s Scheduled Caste Morcha will organize a Deepotsav programme by lighting up lamps on Ambedkar s statue.
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AGRA: The Scheduled Caste Morcha of BJP’s Aligarh unit on Monday staged a protest against the makers of the newly released web series ‘Tandav’ for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of the Hindu community and demanded a ban on it.
The activists also burnt the effigy of Saif Ali Khan and filed a police complaint against the series’s director, producer and actors. However, no FIR was registered till the filing of this report.
The controversy over the series stems from a scene which the activists claimed has hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community and insulted their Gods and Goddesses.
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