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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                            FEBRUARY 03, 2023  |      The Indian Eye 19
















































           Bill Introduced in New York Assembly by Assemblywoman Jenifer


                            Rajkumar to make Diwali School holiday in NYC



























         Neeta Jain, Jagdish Sewhani, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, Neeta Bhasin, Beena Saba-  Hundreds of Hindus Joined Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar in Albany
                         pati at the NY State Assembly House in Albany                            on the historic day in New York


        OUR BUREAU                                       More than 300,000 Hindus, Jains and Sikhs   City, then New York State and consequently other
                                                      celebrate festival of Diwali in New York. It’s only   states should fall on track.
        New York, NY
                                                      fair that Diwali should be a school Holiday so that   “It’s time to recognize more than 300,000 Hin-
               ew Yorkers from all walks of life came to Al-  children can celebrate Diwali with their families.   du, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain faiths New Yorkers to
               bany to advocate for Diwali to be a School   Jagdish Sewhani said that it’s simply unfair for   celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Thousands
        NHoliday. With the support of Eric Adams      Hindu students in New York City to be at school   of students, parents, and faculty would not have to
        Mayor, New York City and school Chancellor Da-  on their most popular festival, Diwali. “If schools   select between observing the day or missing school
        vid Banks, Assembly Member, Jenifer Rajkumar   had declared holidays around other religious days,   or work,” asserted Jagdish Sewhani, President,
        introduced a legislation to make Diwali a school   why not Diwali then?”                   American India Public Affairs Committee.
        holiday. Speaking on the occasion, Jenifer Raj-  South Asians and Indo-Caribbean in New        Senator John Liu, Senator Kevin Thomas, Assem-
        kumar said that time has come to make Diwali a   York  are  fighting  for  Diwali  school  holiday  for   blyman David Weprin and many more showed their
        school holiday.                               ages. It should be a public holiday in New York   Support for this Bill to Make Diwali a school holiday.


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