Awhad and other NCP activists ignore PM's 'lights out' call

Senior NCP leader Jitendra Awhad and other NCP activists did not adhered to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light diyas or candles by switching off lights for nine minutes at 9 PM, instead chose to keep the lights open.

Thane: Many activists of the NCP from Thane and Solapur in Maharashtra didn't switch off the lights at 9 pm on Sunday as appealed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad, who had earlier pooh-poohed the PM's call to light diyas or candles by switching off lights for nine minutes at 9 PM, also didn't oblige.

In Thane, NCP city unit president Anand Paranjpe and his counterpart in Solapur, Santosh Pawar, had asked NCP
workers and office-bearers to follow Awhad, Guardian Minister of Thane district, to not respond to the PM's call.

PTI Report