Let there also be noiseless Fridays bloodless Bakrid Senior BJP leader Yatnal

    Bengaluru, Nov 9 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Basanagouda
Patil Yatnal on Monday said let there also be noiseless
Fridays, bloodless Bakrid and crackerless December 31 night
celebrations, as he expressed his strong reservation against
calls for eco-friendly Ganesha festival and noiseless
Deepavali.
    "Hindus come together on festivals of Ganesha,
Dasara-Durga Pooja and Deepavali- that comes once a year, but
when festivals come we are preached to celebrate eco-friendly
Ganesha festival and noiseless Deepavali," Yatnal's post on
Twitter said.
    The MLA from Vijayapura said, here on, along with
eco-friendly Ganesha festival and noiseless Deepavali, let's
also celebrate noiseless Friday, bloodless Bakrid and
crackerless December 31 night.
    "Let there be- no blood on Bakrid, no bursting of
crackers on December 31 night, no use of speakers on Fridays,
and no bursting of crackers on streets. We will light lamps in
our houses and let them perform namaz without speakers and not
on roads," the former Union Minister added.
    Yatnal's comments come ahead of Deepavali later this
month and many States banning use of crackers during the
festival citing the COVID situation and air pollution.
    Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday
appealed to the people to celebrate Deepavali in a simple way
using "green crackers" after indicating that the government
would ban fireworks due to the prevailing COVID-19
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