No Eid celebrations for Najma Heptulla

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla Saturday said she will not celebrate Eid-ul-Azha this year, in view of the recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir and the stampede in Patna

In a statement, Heptulla also said that she will donate the money meant to be spent on Eid to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. 

Muslims throughout the world offer animal sacrifices on Eid-ul-Azha, also called Bakr Eid, to commemorate the sacrifice offered by prophet Abraham.

The unprecedented floods which ravaged Jammu and Kashmir killed 315 people, 81 of them in the Kashmir Valley and 234 in the Jammu region, while at least 33 people were killed following a stampede in Patna Friday after Dussehra celebrations.