Bihar policeman cries on call while talking to mother, was unable to go home on Chhath puja
A video of a Bihar Police constable having a painful conversation on his mobile phone with his mother is rapidly going viral on social media. On the phone, the constable was seen telling his mother that due to duty in Chhath Puja, he will not be able to come home for Puja this time.
In the video, the constable is seen speaking to his mother that she should start the Chhath Puja as he will not be able to reach on time. ‘Didn’t get the leave so don’t wait for me. Yes! I am sad but you people should start the puja without wasting anymore time,’ the police constable said and later after hanging up the phone he started crying.
The name of the constable seen in the viral video is Ajay Kumar Singh, who is working in the SP office of Kishanganj. The constable is originally from Ranipur in Kahalgaon police station area of Bhagalpur.
Let us tell you that today is the fourth day of Chhath, the great festival of public faith. And devotees worshiped the setting sun and offered Arghya (Offering to the lord) to him, a day prior, and this morning they offered to the rising sun. With this ritual, the four-day festival also comes to an end.
For the unversed, The preparations for Chhath Puja begin three months before the festival. From the hustle-bustle of arranging train tickets to Bihar from the varied metros and their satellite towns to selecting outfits for each of the four Chhath days, the festival of homecoming is an emotion and more for people who are proud to be Biharis.
Of them the lucky ones are those who manage to get tickets while others get by in unreserved compartments and even in reserved compartments, bearing the pejoratives and insults thrown at them, for home is where Chhath will be celebrated in Bihar. Some even break their journeys across random many mofussil locations in Uttar Pradesh for that one train ride home.