LOCK-DOWN PERIOD SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS FESTIVAL
Bureau,Odishabarta
Lock-down period should be celebrated as festival of discipline by taking tough public-friendly decisions by government.
LUCKNOW:UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath deserves all compliments for imposing a total ban on gutka and paan-masala in the state. Such a ban was done at most appropriate time when those addicted to these itemshad no access to these harmful items because of 21-days lock-down period, and perhaps their addiction may be auto-controlled in this period of self-discipline. Opportunity could be still better utilized by extending the ban to cigarettes and if possible to liquor also. Rather central government should impose a total ban on all these harmful items in larger interest of addicted ones and their families. Already Central government has banned e-cigarettes.
Some Islamic fundamentalists have challenged government that they would be holding Friday prayers in mosques. Strict-most action under Indian Criminal Law should be taken against such self-acclaimed religious leaders and those following them by breaking the lock-down for Friday prayers. Criminal defamation should have been filed against those who call so-termed Modi-virus being dangerous even more than Corona-virus. India should be tough to deal with such fundamentalist like was done by Myanmar, Srilanka and China.
In case Islamic fundamentalism is not controlled, then even courageous-most step to declare India as a Hindu nation with all religious freedom for non-Hindus be taken with support of countries like Israel and USA in a manner that even patriotic non-Hindus including those following Islam may welcome such a step to get rid of their fundamentalist religious leaders. It is significant that Islamic Pakistan is facing big problems in dealing with Corona because of fundamentalist Islamic religious leaders there.
Input; SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL, Guinness Record Holder & RTI Consultant)
MINHA/E/2020/03038 PMOPG/E/2020/0226937 PRSEC/E/2020/06124 dated 26.03.2020
