Overview

• Visiting a Sakal Hindu Samaj pandal in Mumbai’s Mankhurd, he performed a maha aarti and cautioned against disturbing Mumbai’s atmosphere.
• He described the Mahayuti as a Hindutvawadi government elected with Hindu votes and said people wearing the gol topi did not back it.
• Calling garba venues epicentres of “love jihad,” he urged organisers to check entrants’ IDs and aligned with the VHP’s September 20 advisory to restrict entry to Hindus and verify Aadhaar.
• He told citizens that festival permissions would be cleared quickly if they contact the government.
• The VHP said its workers and the Bajrang Dal will monitor events, as BJP and Congress leaders split over entry rules and surveillance at garbas.