AAP MLAs demand gazetted holiday on Ambedkar Jayanti
8 April 2015 5:11 AM IST
AAP’s Kondli MLA Manoj Kumar said that Ambedkar Jayanti falls under restricted holidays, as announced by the government. However, former Delhi Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan had said that Ambedkar’s birth anniversary has always been celebrated as a holiday.
The government of India has maintained Ambedkar’s Jayanti under the observance holiday category, while Vaisakhi has been kept as restricted holiday on same date. Kumar said that every year, the city government announces a holiday on this day, around 10-12 days before the jayanti. “We met the CM and demanded him to announce a holiday for Ambedkar’s birth anniversary,” Kumar said.
The government of India has maintained Ambedkar’s Jayanti under the observance holiday category, while Vaisakhi has been kept as restricted holiday on same date. Kumar said that every year, the city government announces a holiday on this day, around 10-12 days before the jayanti. “We met the CM and demanded him to announce a holiday for Ambedkar’s birth anniversary,” Kumar said.
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