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India Today
08-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Meat shops to be shut during Kanwar Yatra, says Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra
Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra said the administration cannot allow meat shops to remain open during the Kanwar Yatra, which will take place from July 11 to 23 this year. However, he did not specify whether the ban would apply only to meat shops along the Kanwar Yatra route."Meat shops will remain closed in Delhi during the Kanwar Yatra. This is our decision. Most of these meat shops are illegal anyway and should not be operating as per the law," Mishra told reporters. advertisement"But during the Kanwar Yatra, they will be especially kept shut. Everyone must follow the law. These are all illegal shops, and we cannot allow them to operate during the Kanwar Yatra," he added. Earlier, Delhi BJP legislator Tarvinder Singh Marwah wrote to the Union Home Minister, requesting a temporary shutdown of all liquor and meat shops along the Kanwar Yatra routes in the national BJP MLA Tarvinder Singh Marwah has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting him to temporarily shut all liquor and meat shops on the routes of Kanwar Yatra, scheduled to begin later this further claimed that a temporary ban on liquor and meat shops would help uphold the sanctity of the Yatra and prevent any untoward incidents.'We appeal that meat and liquor shops on the designated routes of the Kanwar Yatra are temporarily shut down so that its sanctity is maintained and there are no untoward incidents,' the MLA wrote to Shah.- EndsInputs from PTI
The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP MLA seeks closure of meat, liquor shops along Kanwar Yatra route
BJP MLA from Jangpura Tarvinder Singh Marwah has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting him to temporarily shut all liquor and meat shops along the Kanwar Yatra route in Delhi. The MLA said in his letter that a temporary ban on liquor and meat shops will 'respect the sanctity of the Yatra' and prevent any possible 'untoward incident'. This year, the Yatra will begin from July 11. Speaking to the press on Monday, Mr. Marwah said, 'During Navratri, we achieved great success with 70-80% of shops remaining closed for all nine days.' Mr. Marwah, a member of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, said the Sri Guru Singh Sabha is a religious body that honours all religion. The Sabha will approach the owners of meat and liquor shops, urging them to respect the religious sentiments of the devotees, he added. Drinking water, medicines and resting camps for kanwariyas will also be arranged by gurdwaras, he said.
