To avoid any untoward situation during the holy month, the central committee of the Parishad has revised the schedule of Puja festival and sent it to around 18,000 Puja observance committees across the country, said Parishad General Secretary Jayanta Sen Dipu at a press conference at Dhakeshwari National Temple in the city.

He said the state minister for home has already instructed the law enforcers to step up security measures during the five-day Puja festival beginning on October 9.

The Parishad has asked the Puja committees not to play any musical instruments or use loudspeakers during Iftar and Sehri and Tarabih prayers, said Jayanta.

The Parishad leaders demanded a seven-day Puja vacation for the students instead of one day, so that they can take part in Puja rituals on all five days of the festival.

Guardians of the Hindu students also staged a hunger strike from 9:00am to 1:00pm on the premises of the temple to press home the demand.

The Parishad leaders also urged the government to return the land of Ramna Kali Mandir and Ma Anandamoyee Ashram to the committee.

Chief Advisor to the Parishad Maj. Gen. (retd.) CR Dutta Bir Uttam, Advocate Subrata Chowdhury, acting President CR Sarker, Organising Secretary Mangal Chandra Ghosh, Joint Secretaries Satyendranath Bhakta and Biresh Chandra Shaha and Prof Nim Chandra Bhowmik were present at the press conference.