India, Oct. 12 -- On a morning meant for ritual and reflection, Delhi's Chief Minister instead issued a warning: no one, however they dressed up their protest, would be allowed to disrupt the city or damage what belongs to its people.

The Chief Minister visited Jhandewalan Temple on Sunday, the first day of Sharadiya Navratri, where she offered prayers to Maa Bhagwati and performed the prescribed rituals, seeking happiness, peace, prosperity and good health for the people of Delhi and the country.

After extending Navratri greetings, the Chief Minister said the festival of Maa Durga carried a message of faith, devotion, strength, and righteousness, and that the nine forms of the Goddess inspired courage, self-restraint, austerity, compas...