Delhi BJP takes out Vajpayee’s ‘ Kalash Yatra’
◗ Yatra will pass through South Delhi parliamentary constituency areas today
New Delhi, Aug. 24: The Delhi unit of the BJP on Friday took an urn carrying the ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in a procession through the New Delhi parliamentary constituency.
Scores of BJP leaders and workers participated in the ‘ Asthi Kalash Yatra’, which will conclude on August 31 after covering all seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi. The ashes will be immersed in the Yamuna river.
Hundreds of people paid homage to the late prime minister as the yatra passed through various parts of the national capital. Senior leaders including Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, Vijay Goel, and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi were part of the procession.
Mr Tiwari, who led the procession, said the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) has lost its founder and guardian. Vajpayee was a “messenger of development” who was always concerned about the poor and the downtrodden in the society.
Similar ‘ Asthi Kalash Yatras’ are being organised by all state units of the BJP across the country.
“Many people turned up as the procession passed through different parts of New Delhi, remembering Vajpayee and paying him tribute,” said Kuljeet Chahal, Delhi BJP general secretary and convenor of the Yatra.
The yatra will pass through South Delhi parliamentary constituency areas on Saturday.
The BJP central leadership’s plan to immerse the ashes in about 100 major rivers across the country has drawn some criticism from the Opposition Congress, which accused the BJP of trying to make political gains out of Vajpayee’s death.
Meanwhile, the former Prime Minister’s ashes were immersed in the Saryu river in of Ayodhya amid the recital of verses from Hindu religious scriptures on Friday evening.