The whole India has celebrated Diwali yesterday. The festival of lights, colors and new beginnings, renowned as India’s one of the most important festival, it certainly is the prominent one when it comes to Hindus. After all, crackers, food, family gatherings, what not? everything sums up the sheer glare of happiness in the whole week or at least the around days.
But, one must accept that with the entry of BJP in both Center, the leniency that was earlier given to the Hindu festivals has stretched far more than it should. With the advent of Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh as the Chief Minister, the whole scene almost changed. There is an utmost saffronism prevailing throughout the state.
Spending a minimum amount from government funds to celebrate the National festivals is always there. But, now as Diwali has come for the first time ever in the reign of Yogi Adityanath, this Chief Minister went crossing all the limits to showcase the grandeur of the festival. He literally set up a helicopter in which actors dressed as Lord Rama, Sita, and Laxman and were welcomed at the helipad spot by all the higher officials.
Pictures went viral on social media to which people went showering in comments, a major portion of them went against the deed. They urged the government to spend money on something worthy, some quoted the government as saffron one, while others went trolling Adityanath for his frail attempts to recreate the 21st Century Ramayana. After all, it would have been better if Yogi has spent the money for some welfare purposes like getting rid of poverty.
These are the photographs shared on the Facebook handle of a media house,
Check out how netizens reacted to this incident,
This is the second time in this month the Chief Minister is thrashed. Earlier, he faced severe criticism for announcing the construction of Rs 195 Crore worth statue of Lord Rama.