VHP wants Aadhar cards for dandiya events in Hyderabad

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) State unit on Sunday issued a diktat to make Aadhaar card mandatory for participants in garba and dandiya festivities during the nine-day Navratri festival in the State.

In a statement, VHP national spokesperson R Shashidhar said festival organisers should make Aadhaar card compulsory to verify credentials of



participants. They should apply tilak (red vermillion) on the forehead and tie kalva (red thread) on the wrist, he said.

Expressing displeasure over the city police not taking measures to stop non-Hindus from taking part in Dandiya, he warned that the police and the government would be responsible for any untoward incident during the festival.