After meat ban, Rajasthan cancels Bakr-Id holiday
September 14, 2015 11:22
In the middle of a row over a meat ban for a
Jain fasting festival, a government order in Rajasthan has stirred more
controversy.
Days after announcing a meat ban, Rajasthan has ordered schools and colleges to prepare for blood donation camps on September 25, to mark the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, an icon of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, reports NDTV.
The day coincides with the Muslim festival of Bakr-Id, which is a holiday. But, the Vasundhara Raje government has instructed colleges not to declare a holiday on the day.
Days after announcing a meat ban, Rajasthan has ordered schools and colleges to prepare for blood donation camps on September 25, to mark the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, an icon of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, reports NDTV.
The day coincides with the Muslim festival of Bakr-Id, which is a holiday. But, the Vasundhara Raje government has instructed colleges not to declare a holiday on the day.