Congress MLA urges Kerala CM to exempt worship places from ban on New Year celebrations
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Updated: Dec 31, 2020 20:32 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 31 (ANI): Congress MLA K C Joseph has written to KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requesting him to exempt worship places from the order of Kerala Disaster Management Authority (KDMA) regarding the ban on public New Year celebrations after 10 pm today.
In the letter, Joseph said that the midnight prayer in churches on December 31 is a conventional practice followed by Christians, it is not a celebration but a prayer.
"There may be attempts to misinterpret disaster management authority's order and to disrupt midnight prayer in the churches," he stated.