The procession was taken out from Ramjanaki temple with 5100 'kalashas' (religious urns) in the presence of various Hindu religious dignitaries including Mahamandaleshwar of 13 Akhadas, Mahants and Shankaracharyas.
The MLA said the Bilaspur collector did not extend special VIP invitations to elected representatives for Rajyotsava celebrations, and sent 'ordinary invitation cards that are sent to common people'.
The arrested journalists ran a web portal zeroparty.in and had allegedly published some reports against ruling party MLAs talking against the chief minister of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Police arrested two Hindus Durgesh and Prahlad in Kawardha violence case. Durgesh had objected to the removal of saffron flag and was attacked by a Muslim mob for it.