Delhi Govt cancels holidays on birth/death of great personalities

Manish Sisodia has welcomed the move of scrapping of holidays by the Uttar Pradesh government.

The Delhi Government on Friday has decided to cancel holidays on birth and death anniversaries of eminent personalities.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has directed Chief Secretary regarding cancellation of holidays.

Further, Sisodia has welcomed the move of scrapping of holidays by the Uttar Pradesh government. He said "we should be ready to learn from other states." However, the revised list of holidays is not yet available.

On April 26, UP CM Yogi Adityanath has cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversary of eminent personalities. Among the cancelled holidays are Milad un-Nabi, Chhat and Valmiki Jayanti.

However, Yogi Adityanath's decision to scrap Milad-un-Nabi has not gone down well with some section of Muslim community.

On the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar' s 126th birth anniversary, Adityanath had expressed concern over the less number of academic session due to increased holidays.

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