BJP Rajya Sabha MP Medha Kulkarni halted a “loud” garba event, a dance performed during the Navratri festival, in the Kothrud area of Pune late Saturday evening after receiving a spate of complaints from people, including the elderly and those with health issues.

Kulkarni went straight to the Jeet ground in Kothrud, where the event was in progress. She found that several youngsters were playing dandiya to loud music being played by DJs, ignoring all environmental laws.

”I was visiting other mandals in the city for ‘aarti’. Like every day, I received some calls and messages on my cell phone from citizens. They complained to me every day that loud music was being played on the speaker system at the dandiya event. Among those who complained were cancer patients and even a 90-year-old citi

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