Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV.
In Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, when Akhilesh Yadav was accusing the police of bias in the Milkipur by -election, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mahakumbh. Narendra Modi was taking a dip in the Sangam. There was not much noise about Modi’s Mahakumbh visit, there was no crowd of leaders, nor was there a lot of security. Only Yogi arrived to welcome Modi. The Prime Minister did not go through the fair area to the confluence. Arrived directly from the airport to Arail Ghat, then went from the steamer to the confluence. At the time when Modi was moving from Arail Ghat towards Sangam, millions of people were taking bath in the Ganges. Modi shook hands and greeted millions of people on the ghats.
Modi took a dip in the confluence amidst the Vedic chanting. After this, he stood up and bowed to the mother Ganga, chanting the mantras with a garland of Rudraksha, after which he offered Arghya to Suryadev. After bathing and meditation, Modi worshiped Ganga with full legal practice. The Prime Minister attacked the Ganges water, resolved, offer Chunri climb, garland, flower milk, water, panch-dhavya and naivedya to Ganga Maiya. After this, the Aarti of Mother Ganga performed.
Usually there is a tradition of darshan of Akshay Vat after bathing the Ganges, but Modi did not go there keeping in mind the problems faced by millions of devotees. The Prime Minister was in the Kumbh region only two hours. Later shared his feelings through tweet. The Prime Minister wrote that “By getting the blessings of Maa Ganga, the mind has got immense peace and satisfaction, I wished all the countrymen’s happiness, prosperity and welfare.”
But the Prime Minister’s departure in Mahakumbh and taking a dip in the Ganges, opponents did not like. Congress, Samajwadi Party and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena connected it to the election. Sanjay Raut said that the Prime Minister deliberately chose the voting day in Delhi, Modi wanted people to see him throughout the day and vote for his party.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole said that Modi specializes in organizing the event, so he came to take a dip in Mahakumbh in Delhi on the day of voting. UP Congress President Ajay Rai said that Modi has fulfilled the attempt to create an atmosphere on the election day, but it is not going to benefit from it, because Modi did not take a complete dip in the confluence, there is no meaning of half a dip.
If Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a bath in the Sangam, performed the aarti of Mother Ganga, offered Arghya to the Sun, then what is the evil in this? If it gets votes in Delhi elections, then who stopped Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi? They would also take a dip. Mahakumbh is open to everyone.
Someone commented that Modi has gone to wash his sins. So, have crores of people who have gone to bathe in Mahakumbh, have they committed sins? Those saints, Dharmacharya, Shankaracharya Sangam are taking a devotional bath, are they washing their sins?
I think that those who use this kind of language do not understand Sanatan, nor do they know the culture of India, nor do they understand the feelings of the people of India. But some people are adept at accusing them, they do not leave any chance. That is why such people should not be cared for. (Rajat Sharma)
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