Govt. should have reversed order on Dahi Handi fest

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai-Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s directions on Dahi Handi celebrations in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena today said the government should have come out with an Ordinance reversing the apex court order.

Sena said the police, instead of going about their duty of catching criminals, will now have to roam place to place to follow the SC’s guidelines and keep a watch on the height of human pyramids and age of ‘govindas’ (youth who form human pyramids to break pot of curd).

“Politicians, who vouched for celebrating the festival in traditional ways, are now rallying behind the apex court and asking people to maintain discipline and follow guidelines laid down. There is no possibility of the government, keeping in mind the anger towards the court’s orders would come out with an Ordinance reversing the court’s orders,” the BJP ally said in an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.