Holi celebrated with great enthusiasm in Raj

Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated today with great enthusiasm in Rajasthan as people smeared each other with gulal and exchanged greetings.
Amid tight security arrangement, people thronged streets and played colour.
Clothes drenched, people visited their friends and relatives with 'gujia' to celebrate the festival of colour.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje greeted people on Holi.
"This festival of excitement, enthusiasm and colours endorse mutual brotherhood, love, happiness and prosperity," she said in a statement. She called on people to overcome social evils and discrimination and pledge to live in harmony.
Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly Kailash Meghwal also congratulated people, saying the festival inspires everyone to maintain brotherhood and harmony in society.

"It's a day to forget about mutual discrimination. The next generation should make persistent efforts to protect the cultural values," Meghwal said in a statement.
No untoward incident was reported.
Policemen were deployed in sensitive areas to maintain law and order. Senior officers had issued directions to all IGs and SPs to ensure the festival passes off peacefully.