This year, the celebration will certainly happen on October 2 and countless Bishnoi family members staying in Sirsa, Fatehabad and Hisar would certainly be taking a trip to Rajasthan on survey day, rejecting them their ballot civil liberties, the Election Commission of India claimed.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday modified the ballot day for Haryana Assembly surveys from October 1 to October 5, this year along with relocated the checking of elect both Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana Assemblies from October 4 to October 8.
The choice has actually been required to honour both the ballot civil liberties and the customs of the Bishnoi area, which has actually promoted a centuries-old technique of taking part in the Asoj Amavasya event party in remembrance of their Guru Jambheshwar based on the ECI.
The Commission claimed it had actually gotten depiction from National President, All India Bishnoi Mahasabha, Bikaner (Rajasthan) for rescheduling the day of ballot collection for October 1. As per the depiction for generations many family members in Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana have actually observed an enduring practice of seeing their indigenous town Mukam, in Rajasthan throughout the Amavas in the month of “Asoj” for their yearly celebration in Bikaner area, in the memory of their Guru Jambheshwar.
In the past, the Commission has actually additionally readjusted political election days to appreciate the beliefs of numerous areas. For circumstances, throughout the Punjab Assembly Elections in 2022, the surveys were delayed by a week to suit followers to take a trip to Varanasi for Guru Ravidas Jayanti.
Similarly, in Manipur throughout the 2022 Assembly political elections, the Commission transformed the ballot days to appreciate the Christian area’s Sunday petitions. Likewise, in the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly political elections, the Commission rescheduled ballot initially arranged on Devuthani Ekadashi, a day substantial for mass wedding events in Rajasthan.
In Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2012, survey day was transformed because of Barawafat.Coincidentally, the modified ballot day would certainly additionally solve any kind of worries of a six-day vacation by taking an eventually leave on September 30, 2024 Election Commission claimed.