Government's U-turn on Garba approval ?: Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel
The staff claimed innocence. "The garba was in celebration of the opening of the new centre during Navratra. Our intention was not to break the decorum of the hospital or hurt sentiments of the patients," a staff member, insisting on anonymity, said.
It is the time of the year when ethnic-wear vendors at Ahmedabad’s Law Garden street market usually do roaring business selling choli-ghaghra and dupattas in anticipation of rocking dandiya nights. This year, however, the market wears a deserted look as Gujarat is unlikely to gyrate to the folksy tunes of garba, the dance form synonymous with Navaratri celebrations in the State.Dandiya events, where crowds of over 30,000 dance together, generate huge business for people in the State. But this year with celebrations likely to be muted, an estimated ₹25,000-crore worth of businesses may be lost. “There is a wide business ecosystem around the Navaratri festival, which involves multiple sectors like clothing, jewellery, restaurants and food joints, sound and audio industry, artistes, logistics providers and
decorators, among others. All combined, it is a business of ₹20,000-25,000 crore during these nine days,” explains Himanshu Shah, organiser of Soi Garba in Ahmedabad. This year it will be a complete loss, he rues.Govt promiseEven after Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel tried to cheer up citizens with the promise that the State government will work out maximum possible relaxations within Covid-19 guidelines, the mood remains gloomy as no commercial garba organiser is ready to hold the mass revelry. The Navaratri festivities start from October 17. But there is no vibrancy visible in the State.Rajdeep Desai, a resident of Vadodara, a city that has hit global fame for its garba events, voices his
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"It is the BJP's policy to disregard its senior leaders and sideline them once it finds them to be of no use. This has especially been the case with Patidar leaders like Keshubhai Patel, Anandiben Patel, Gordhan Zadaphia among others," state Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said.
Narottam Patel, who was a minister in the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government, said Patel should be given portfolios "as per his stature". "Nitin bhai is not an ordinary minister," he added.
Rajdeep Desai, a resident of Vadodara, a city that has hit global fame for its garba events, voices his disappointment. “Since my childhood, I've never missed garba during Navaratri. We'll still try to hold some gatherings at our society.”
Even as Chief Minister Rupani preferred to keep mum, Patidars from Mehsana, Nitin's constituency, rushed to his residence to express solidarity. Lalji Patel of Sardar Patel Group has even called for a Mehsana bandh on January 1, 2018 to protest against the treatment meted out to Nitin. Lalji went a step ahead and even demanded that Nitin be made the chief minister.
