ARTISANS IN MORADABAD MAKING SMALL, ECO-FRIENDLY GANESHA IDOLS

With Ganesh Chaturthi round the corner, artisans from Rajasthan who have come to Moradabad are making small and eco-friendly idols this year. An artisan in Moradabad said, “Due to the Covid -19 pandemic, people are not able to afford big and expensive idols of Lord Ganesha this year. So, we are making small and ecofriendly idols, painted with food colours.” “We are hoping that the same number of buyers will come now as we are meeting their demands and making small idols,” he added. According to the artisans of Moradabad, they have shifted from Rajasthan to Moradabad because of the low demand for Lord Ganesha idols in Rajasthan. Thus, they are making and selling the idols here to meet the hardships faced by them during last two years.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday tasked women members of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) women wing in Uttar Pradesh to connect with those Muslim women who benefitted due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to scrap the practice of instant triple talaq.

The chief minister was speaking at a BJP women’s wing working committee meet.

“Prime Minister Modi helped free several Muslim women from the ill effects of the instant divorce practice. The BJP women’s wing must connect with these women,” the CM said at a women’s wing function of the party.

Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who spoke before the chief minister, had also made a similar point and urged the women’s wing to launch a mass connect campaign by talking about the various initiatives of the Modi government at the centre and Yogi Adityanath government in the state.

Yogi was referring to the Muslim women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill that became a law after being cleared by both houses of parliament in July 2019.

The law provides for pun ment including jail term fo husband accused of prono cing instant triple talaq div on his wife. It was in 2016 in the run up to the 2017 polls, Prime Minister Nare Modi had first promise abolish the practice of ins triple talaq at a public mee in Mahoba in Bundelkh Yogi said that the Prime M ter promoted women in lea ship positions.

“It was PM Modi appointed maximum wome governors. For the first ti three women judges w appointed to the Supr Court,” Yogi said.

“Do you remember how things were before 2017, e cially in western Uttar desh? Our daughters were ble to go to school. None k if our daughters would re home safe. But today, wo can go anywhere without fear as criminals are ei behind bars or on the run. BJP women’s wing must about this to the people,” said.

He also referred to the ‘ sion Shakti’ campaign.up chief Swatantra Dev, state eral secretary (organisat Sunil Bansal also addressed party women.