In a cabinet decision on Tuesday, the newly elected Yogi Adityanath-government has scrapped 15 public holidays in Uttar Pradesh, with immediate effect.
Most of these holidays were imposed by the previous governments in honour of prominent political and spiritual personalities, often marking their birth or death anniversaries.
The cabinet approval for the decision, which came yesterday, comes close on heels with the chief minister's recent statement on public holidays. On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, Yogi had declared that some of the public holidays would be cancelled to facilitate more working days in schools and government departments.
The government was forced to take the decision because of an abundance in the number of holidays, said cabinet minister Srikant Sharma, who is also the government spokesperson.
Here is the list of all the public holidays that have been scrapped by the Yogi government:
Karpori Thakur Jayanti- January 24
Chatichand- March 29
Maharashi Kashyap Jayanti- April 5
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Ajmeri Gareeb Nawaz Urs- April 14
Chandrashekher Jayanti- April 17
Parashuram Jayanti- April 28
Maharana Pratap Jayanti- May 9
Jamat Ul Vida- June 23
Vishkarama Day- September 17
Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti- September 21
Valmiki Jayanti- October 5
Chhat puja- October 26
Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel Jayanti- October 31
Id-Ul-Mila Dunabi- December 2
Chaudhary Charan Singh Jayanti- December 23
Furthermore, the government has decided that all schools would conduct various programmes, including seminars and conferences, pertaining to the respective leaders on all these days.
