Impose ban on crackers which cause harm to the nation : Santosh Desai, HJS

Miraj : Crackers cause severe air and noise pollution resulting in creating problems for health and environment. During Diwali, millions of rupees are spent on crackers. Today, the country owes Rs. 57.22 trillion of debt and is going through financial crisis. Millions of people in this country don’t get a square meal; therefore, spending millions of rupees on crackers is against the interests of the nation. If the same money is utilized for national welfare, many of the problems faced by this country would be solved; therefore, the Government should impose total ban on crackers which cause pollution, demanded Shri. Santosh Desai of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) during a press conference held on 24th October at Rang Sharada Hall in Miraj on the subject of crackers.

Advocate Samir Patwardhan, the President of ‘Sangli District advocates’ Parishada’, Sou. Madhura Tophkhane of Sanatan Sanstha and Shri. Dattatreya Retharekar of HJS also addressed the press conference.

Highlights : The press conference received good response from reporters. Local C Cable News and Balaji Cable interviewed Shri. Santosh Desai.

Impose ban on crackers with pictures of Deities and great national leaders so also on Chinese crackers !

Demand of HJS with police and local administration at Pune

Pune : In the background of Diwali, it has been observed that there is huge sale of crackers with pictures of Hindu Deities like Shri Lakshmi Devi, Shri Vishnu so also pictures of great national leaders like Netaji Subhashchandra Bose and Lokmanya Tilak etc. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), therefore, submitted a representation to police and local Government administration demanding imposition of ban on such crackers with pictures of Deities and great national leaders. The pictures on crackers get torn to pieces when the crackers are burst resulting in denigration of Deities and insult of national leaders; therefore, ban should be imposed on such crackers. It is also stated in the representation that restrictions should be imposed on vendors selling crackers so as to honour religious sentiments of people and national identity.

Representations were submitted to Dy. Superintendent of Police, Vilas Yamavar of Bhor, so also to Tehsildar Varsha Shingan Patil. Yamavar promised to extend cooperation in HJS drive as he too felt that it was not proper to print pictures of Deities on crackers. Shri. Vinayak Sanas of ‘Pratapgad Utsav Samiti’, Shri. Manoj Nazirkar, Shri. Yuvaraj Magar, Shri. Satish Ugale, Shri. Santosh Naiknavare, Shri. Devendra Pangare and Professor Vitthal Jadhav and Shri. Vishwajeet Chavan of HJS were present on the occasion.

Representation submitted to police stations in Thane to stop sale of crackers !

Dombivali : Hindu Janajagruti Samiti submitted representation to Vishnunagar police station so also to Police Inspector (PI) Ramesh Yadav of Tilaknagar police station. Shri. Prakash Zarkar, a devout Hindu and Shri. Suryakant Salunkhe and Sou. Vandana Chaudhari of HJS were present on the occasion.

Similar representation was submitted to senior PI Godbole of Shivajinagar police station, Ambarnath. Sou. Shivani Bhoir, a participant of ‘Dharmashikshan’ class and advocate Sou. Kishori Kulkarni of HJS were present on the occasion. Police promised to impose ban on Chinese products after receiving the representation. They also said if it was Sanatan’s activity, it must be good.

Children attending ‘Dharmashikshan’ classes in Mumbra gave representation in the shops selling crackers.

Lecture by HJS for women on the occasion of Diwali !

Kalwa : HJS’ spokesperson Sou. Sunita Patil gave guidance on behalf of its ‘Ranaragini’ Division on the spiritual significance of Diwali, ill effects of bursting crackers, harm caused due to crackers etc. About 35 women attended the program.