New Delhi:
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has urged the Supreme Court to review its last
week order putting a complete ban on the Rath Yatra celebrations in Puri amid
the Coronavirus outbreak. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate is
strongly making a case for the famous Odisha event not to be cancelled as the
top court had put a stop on all activities related to the annual religious
celebrations that attracts a large crowd from all over the world. VHP Secretary
General Milind Parande on Sunday said that the traditional annual Rath Yatra
(Chariot Festival) of Lord Jagannath in Puri, which has been conducted
"uninterruptedly in a row for the last hundreds of years," should happen this
year too. The Rath Yatra was scheduled to start on June 23. (IANS)
