This year the yearly Urs event for Hazrat Pir Rehan Malik Baba in Kolhapur, Maharashtra was stopped by the police. It’s a big religious gathering that wasn’t allowed to happen because of a police order. This happened after a government minister, Nitish Rane, reportedly asked for the police to step in. Because of this the Urs was canceled which is a religious practice that has been going on for a long time.
People are pretty mad about the Urs being canceled and there’s a lot of talk about everyone needing to stick together. It seems like Minister Rane is the reason why the police got involved even though we don’t know the full details of why he didn’t want the event to happen. This police decision is a big deal because it stopped this long running religious event from taking place.
This whole thing has made people worry about how much power politicians have when it comes to religion. It shows that political pressure can stop religious events that have a history in the community. It also shows how influential political figures can be even if these events are well known and have been supported by many people for a long time.