The Bengal Imams Association, an organization of Islamic clerics in the state, has urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee not to put a lockout before Eid ul Fitr on 25 May under any circumstances.
“The central government has announced a lockout till 17 May. In our state, this has been extended until 21 May. The holy Eid ul Fitr is on 25 May. The government may consider easing the lockout due to Eid. However, we request the Government of Bengal to extend the lockdown for a few more days.
Let the people be first, the ceremony can be held later, ”the President of the Bengal Imams Association, MD Yahia, wrote in a letter to the Chief Minister on Saturday.
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“We request you to raise this demand before the Center as well. Yahiya wrote, “Muslim leadership will stand by the government.
Neither the government or the ruling party Trinamool Congress agreed to speak on the record. A senior minister of the state government said, “The Chief Minister himself will consider all aspects.”
Incidentally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged people to pray during the month of Ramadan to get rid of coronovirus before Eid on 26 April.
The call of the clerics came at a time when the graph of Kovid-19 in Bengal is continuously increasing, 527 cases have been reported in the last five days.
Earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition in the state, accused the Mamata Banerjee government of turning a blind eye to violations of lock-in measures in areas dominated by minorities in Kolkata and Howrah and were the epicenter of the coronovirus infection. In the state.
“Mamata Banerjee continued the politics of appeasement during this fight against the virus. BJP state unit president Dilip Ghosh said he does not give details about Nizamuddin Markaz of Delhi and everyone can see how the administration has turned a blind eye to the lockout violation in areas dominated by members of a particular community.
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Muslims comprise 27.01% of the state’s population according to the 2011 census and have a majority in three of Bengal’s 23 districts – Murshidabad, Malda, and Uttar Dinajpur. Incidentally, Uttar Dinajpur has not registered any case yet, while Malda has reported 3, and Murshidabad has reported 1 Kovid-19 case.
