INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: The three-day Sankranti harvest festival turned into a season of protests repeatedly for the past two years in Andhra Pradesh
burned government orders (GOs) on an increase in property tax in a similar fashion.In reactions that Deccan Chronicle gathered on the
political turn to the festival season, priest G Venkateswarlu noted that discarding of old material and welcoming new things as part of
forgot hatred of the past to start a new life from Sankranti
However, of late, Bhogi has turned into a festival of protests
Earlier, political parties used to honour religious sentiments and avoid politicizing the traditions
Nowadays, the trend has changed and religion has turned into a political subject
festivals would draw added attention
due to the new agriculture laws were not sleeping for many days
There is nothing wrong in burning the copies of GOs, as Bhogi is meant to burn the old and the unacceptable
Aside of the burning protests by several groups and political parties, the people in general organised Bhogi bonfire in a traditional
government via the Bhogi bonfire
TD chief N Chandrababu Naidu joined the Bhogi event at Paritala and burned objectionable GO copies via the bonfire
Hence they are holding protests via the Bhogi bonfire
Women in large numbers led by Mahila Aikya Vedika convener Sunkara Padamasree burned copies of three laws in a Bhogi bonfire at Benz Circle
