Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has urged all to celebrate the Sharadiya Durga Puja with sanctity and due religious fervor.
The adviser made the call while briefing journalists after visiting the Dhakeshwari National Temple in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
“Durga Puja is a sacred religious festival. Its sanctity must be preserved. Everyone have to remain cautious so that no anti-social activities take place in the mandaps. Devotees have also to ensure that no one enters the mandaps with shoes,” he said.
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Referring to recent incidents in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the adviser said a small group of miscreants attempted to disrupt the festival there. “Their efforts have completely failed. They were aided by some fascist quarters, but thanks to the cooperation of traditional devotees and all concerned, their plot did not succeed,” he added.
President of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad Basudev Dhar and President of Dhaka Metropolitan Sarbajanin Puja Committee Jayanta Kumar Deb, among others, were present at the briefing.