Gujarat: BJP workers in Bhavnagar play garba violating social distancing norms

RAJKOT: The Gujarat government may have decided not to organize Navratri this year but it seems BJP workers don’t listen to the orders coming from Gandhinagar. BJP workers in Bhavnagar played garba and busted firecrackers violating norms of social distancing to celebrate the appointment of Bhavnagar MP Bharti Shiyal as a national vice president.
The videos and pictures of BJP workers celebrating Shiyal’s appointment clearly show that workers are distributing sweets and dancing wearing half masks.Bhavnagar’s mayor Manhar Mori and deputy mayor Ashok Bariaya also joined them. The event lasted for more than two hours but there was no police seen asking them not to violate social distancing norms.
This event took place outside the BJP office in Bhavnagar which falls in the silence zone because Sir T hospital, the biggest government hospital of the district, is just 200 meter away.
Covid-19 patients of Bhavanagar and Botad district and critical patients of Amreli district are being treated here. Despite being in violation of the silicone zone nobody from the administration cared to stop them. When contacted district collector Gaurang Makwana said, “We did not receive any complaint, but we will look into it and take action if we would find any violation. As per new guideline, 100 people may gather for a function and for that prior approval is not required.”
Bharti Shiyal who is in Delhi told TOI “I believe that workers celebrated my appointment following all the protocol inside the party office. It’s possible that they may have mistakenly violated the norms in over-enthusiasm.”
It’s to be noted that after BJP state president C R Paatil’s rally in Rajkot, the Covid cases went on to peak in the city and situation became uncontrollable. The death rate increased to 25-30 per day from 10 to 15.