In view of the festival of Holi, the Hyderabad Police has issued guidelines for the Holi celebrations in the city to ensure the safety of the people and to avoid any disorder. According to the guidelines, throwing color or water on anyone without consent is completely restricted. Hyderabad City Police has issued these strict guidelines to ensure public safety before the festival of Holi on 14 March.
Ban on color or water throwing
According to the guidelines, there is a strict restriction on the movement of vehicles without consenting, vehicles or public places without consent, and the movement of vehicles disrupting public system.
City Police Commissioner C.V. The order issued by Anand on 11 March 2025 stated that this order will be effective from 6 pm to 15 March 2025 of 13 March 2025.
Effective till 6 am
These guidelines have been issued under Section 22 of the Hyderabad City Police Act. Under this, the Commissioner of Police has the right to issue orders to stop processions and meetings and to maintain law and order to maintain peace and public security. Violers will be prosecuted under Section 76 of the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348, providing various punishments for crimes such as encouraging protests or refusing to follow instructions and violate curfews.
BJP called it an anti -Hindu decision
BJP MLA from Goshamahal T Raja Singh targeted the Congress -led government in Telangana. He said that since the formation of the Congress government in Telangana, Hindu temples are under attack and efforts are being made to ban Hindu festivals. He has criticized the ban on Holi celebrations and described the government as biased towards Hindus.
Earlier, the Telangana government had banned immersion of idols of Lord Ganesha in Hyderabad Lake and also issued guidelines to ban the Diwali function. Raja Singh argued that despite a large crowd of people during Ramadan and late night activities, such restrictions were not imposed.
Compare the Chief Minister to the Nizam
Raja Singh accused the Congress -led government and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of being anti -Hindu and compared him to the Nizam. The BJP MLA said that the Congress is trying to say the same thing today and the Chief Minister of our Telangana state is saying that I am not the eighth but the ninth Nizam because the eighth Nizam was KCR (former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao). He said that the Nizam’s habit was to torture Hindus, his job was to ban Hindu festivals.
