Click to play videoNew Delhi: Anger and ecstasy during Chhath Puja, devotees across the country offered puja and simultaneously the Marathi vs non Marathi debate got more and more violent.
A day after the Maharashtra Sadan was attacked in the national capital allegedly by Rashtrawadi sena, the Shiv Sainiks have now hit back. The office of the Rashtravadi Sena burnt down by angry Sainiks
“Some people came here and vandalised our office. Now we are going to show them what we can do,” says president, Rastrawadi Sena, Jai Bhagwan Goyal.
Concerned with the increasing rhetoric and lack of action by the political class, public interest litigation had been filed in the Supreme Court. The judiciary had some advice for the politicians.
``If there is political will then attacks can be stopped',” said the Supreme Court.
“Delhi, Mauritius and everywhere Chhath is celebrated and no body can stop it. Even in Mumbai people are celebrating Chhath,” says Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav.
On ground zero in Mumbai, where Raj Thackeray's shadow looms large during Chhath Puja, North Indians came out in large numbers in celebration. At all major venues there was heavy police presence.
The fact that a festival associated with North India has passed peacefully in Mumbai brings some hope to all those who are concerned about the change in the city's cosmopolitan character.
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