Shimla, July 26 -- The faith in the local deity (devta) runs supreme in Himachal Pradesh and this was witnessed once again on Friday as residents took to streets seeking scrapping of the Bijali Mahadev ropeway project citing "deity's orders". The protesters which had sizeable number of women and elderly, was mobilised by the Bijili Mahadev Ropeway Sangharsh Samiti (BMRSS) and they submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister Nitin Gadkari demanding cancellation of the project citing "deity's orders." Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, Torul S Raveesh, on Friday said: "A memorandum was handed over and we will be forwarding the same to the government." MLA of Kullu, Sunder Singh Thakur said, "Those against development are opposing the project in garb of the devta's order and the project is politically motivated." Lashing out at the BJP for "double speak", Thakur said, "In the 2022 assembly elections, when former MP and former MLA Maheshwar Singh campaigned by putting up posters for the construction of Bijli Mahadev ropeway, no one opposed it at that time and today they are opposing it, this is their hypocrisy". Bijli Mahadev is a famous pilgrimage site in Kullu district....