Members of the puja committee also want to voice their anguish and tell the parents of the RG Kar Hosapital’s victim that they are standing by them.”Ours is an apolitical battle, like many others we are also demanding justice for her,” he said.A spokesperson of the Bagbazar Sarbojonin Ganesh Puja committee in north Kolkata said they decided to cancel orders for giant light pillars planned to be set up on both sides of the pandal.”We cannot stop the puja which we have been organising for 12 years as sentiments of local people are involved,” he said.He said the puja committee will decide how to carry on the campaign against sexual abuse of women for a safer and secure environment.In the wake of the brutal rape and murder of the young doctor, a section of protesters demanded that pujas be cancelled.Mintu Pal, a veteran artisan in north Kolkata’s Kumartuli modellers’ hub, said till now there has been no cancellation in the booking of the 10-12 Ganesh idols chiselled in his studio.”To my knowledge, around 10,000 Ganesh idols are being made in Kumartuli in different studios as the puja has become increasingly popular in the last few years,” he said.There had not been any major cancellation in the bookings in the wake of the spontaneous protests after the August 9 incident, he said.”We have also hit the streets in our demonstrations demanding justice for the R G Kar victim and a safe environment for every woman.But this should not be mixed with puja.Let there be no pomp and ostentation and we pray to Ganapati Bappa for the safety of everyone,” he said.
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