New Delhi: BJP MLA from Jangpura Tarvinder Singh Marwah has said he would launch a campaign to paint in saffron all national monuments in Delhi including the Qutub Minar, Red Fort and Humayun Tomb, and landmark government buildings such as the Secretariat and Vidhan Sabha.
“It is our government, we will do whatever colour we like. Saffron is the colour of mahapurush (great men). We will paint government buildings saffron and will also install saffron flags along with the tricolour,” Marwah told ThePrint Friday.
He said saffron is a great and the best colour. “From the Humayun’s Tomb and the Red Fort to the Qutub Minar and Delhi markets, we will paint them all saffron. The boundary wall of the Vidhan Sabha and the Secretariat wall will also be painted saffron.”
The 64-year-old leader said he will bring a proposal in the Vidhan Sabha to effectuate this and make a demand from Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. “I will raise the issue in the assembly for buildings under the Delhi government and will meet Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the buildings of the central government.”
“Saffron is the colour of God. We want all the buildings in Delhi, including shops, to be painted saffron,” he told ThePrint, adding that in the coming time the whole city will become Ram-maya (drenched in the colour of Lord Ram).
Marwah, who was with the Congress before switching to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2022, said the campaign to paint the buildings saffron is related to faith. “This is my personal campaign. My party has no role in this,” he said.
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Closure of meat, liquor shops
Marwah has also written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting him to order the closure of all liquor and meat shops along the Kanwar Yatra route in the city. The Kanwar yatra begins from 11 July.
The BJP legislator, a member of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, said the shutting of meat and liquor shops is necessary to uphold the sanctity of the annual pilgrimage.
“We appeal that meat and liquor shops on the designated routes of the Kanwar Yatra are temporarily shut so that its sanctity is maintained and there are no untoward incidents,” reads his letter. ThePrint has seen the copy of the letter.
Marwah also wrote to the CM last month for shutting down meat and liquor shops along the Kanwar route.
Meanwhile, reviewing the preparation for the Kanwar Yatra, Culture and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra said Wednesday the Delhi government has decided to shut meat shops on the Kanwar route.
“The decision on meat shops is a decision of the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). It has been decided that they will remain shut,” Mishra told the media.
But on Thursday, the MCD said there is no provision to shut shops on Kanwar Yatra under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.
(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)
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