After three Congress MLAs – Gyasuddin Shaikh, Imran Khedawala and Mohammad Javid Pirzada – urged the state BJP government to raise the limit on participation in a procession from 15 people to 400 people.
Gujarat government had given a go ahead to the Eid-e-Milad celebrations in the state and announced that processions can be taken out on Tuesday with certain restrictions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1915875536057836&output=html&h=280&adk=2525205753&adf=37820160&pi=t.aa~a.129864629~i.7~rp.4&w=640&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1634572122&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=9900818253&tp=site_kit&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=640×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.gnsnews.co.in%2F400-people-can-gather-in-eid-e-milad-procession-if-it-moves-within-a-locality-colony-or-street-gujarat-govt%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=160&rw=640&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChAI8La0iwYQ-NrSu4rrhdYnEj0AWeCXc6ZYLvQY_ic-TRP5MCLEZXK3USM0_0irfB92yca9wnIXxT7SvSuRO8rrkj-BbsqSHSeag3H8KILS&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiOTQuMC40NjA2LjgxIixbXSxudWxsLG51bGwsIjY0Il0.&dt=1634572122057&bpp=2&bdt=2060&idt=2&shv=r20211013&mjsv=m202110080101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Dde49810fe66d4fae-22b0f62d0cc600c8%3AT%3D1613377481%3ART%3D1613377481%3AS%3DALNI_MZ7OaE550f3p0ZwwexI0Lzi6Y6nhg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C1200x280&nras=3&correlator=6888130178999&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=225956152.1613377481&ga_sid=1634572122&ga_hid=1767597859&ga_fc=0&u_tz=330&u_his=6&u_h=768&u_w=1360&u_ah=728&u_aw=1360&u_cd=24&adx=182&ady=1349&biw=1343&bih=657&scr_x=0&scr_y=141&eid=31062580%2C31062944&oid=2&pvsid=1360314728502871&pem=979&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.gnsnews.co.in%2F&eae=0&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1360%2C0%2C1360%2C728%2C1360%2C657&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&jar=2021-10-18-15&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=artdSofaAE&p=https%3A//english.gnsnews.co.in&dtd=49
As per guidelines issued by the state Home Department on Sunday, not more than 15 people and one vehicle could participate in a procession of Eid-e-Milad, that will be celebrated on Tuesday to mark the birth anniversary of the last prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad.
After the Home Department issued the notification on Sunday, Shaikh and two other Muslim MLAs shot off a letter to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, expressing displeasure over the norm and urged him to allow 400 participants in a procession, as per the prevalent COVID-19 guidelines in the state.
In a ‘clarification’ issued on Monday, the state government said ”400 people can take part in a procession, if it moves within a locality, mohalla or street and does not go out of that limited area”.
