Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad
Leaders of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad demanded to defer the upcoming Dhaka city corporation elections for Saraswati Puja scheduled on January 30. Leaders of the organisation have submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission in favour of their demand. They said that Saraswati Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, will be held on January 30. Saraswati Puja is celebrated at all educational intuitions in the both (DNCC & DSCC) city corporations. To ensure security and to hold a free-fair election, the election conducting authority has to control all educational institutions at least one day before election. So it will create problems in the same day to celebrate puja and holding election. They demanded to shift the date of city poll for celebrating their religious festival Saraswati Puja. President and General Secretary of the parishad Milon Kanti Dutto and Nirmal Kumar Chatterjee respectively, among others, were present on the occasion.
