Seers, BJP workers from Kashi to attend Yogi’s swearing-in

VARANASI : A group of 41 seers from different mutts and temples and four members of Kashi Vidvat Parishad will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Friday, said general secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti Swami Jitendranand Saraswati who has already reached the state capital. Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti is an umbrella body of Hindu seers while Kashi Vidvat Parishad is an organisation of scholars of Vedas and intellectuals.

“Invitations have already been sent to seers. Over 40 of them from places like Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ballia and other districts will attend the swearing-in. They will wish the Yogi-led BJP government success in setting new records in carrying out further development in UP in the next five years,” said Saraswati.

Saraswati said all arrangements regarding and toing and froing besides stay of the seers had already been made. These seers include Mahant Ashutoshanand, Baba Balakdas Ji, Santosh Das Ji Satua Baba, Ramsurat Das Ji Maharaj, Swami Gangadas Ji Maharaj from Kashi, Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati from Prayagraj among others.

“Yogi-led BJP government had to face several challenges, including global pandemic, between 2017 and 2022 and it dealt with these challenges successfully and also ensured development,” he added. Saraswati said, “The seer community is delighted because a Yogi (Adityanath) has proved several myths and superstitions wrong. He set a new record.” He further said the community was quite hopeful that every UP district would be equipped with a medical college and health facilities would improve across the state in the next five years. Kashi Vidvat Parishad’s office bearers, including general secretary prof Ramnarayan Dwivedi; secretary organisation prof Vinay Kumar Pandey and vice president prof Bhagwat Sharan Shukla would also attend Yogi’s swearing-in.

Besides, over 1,000 BJP workers

from Kashi would also attend the swearing-in ceremony, said Varanasi city unit party president Vidya Sagar Rai. BJP Varanasi

district unit chief Hansraj Vishwakarma said workers from Varanasi will reach Lucknow on Friday morning. Kashi region

BJP spokesperson Navratan Rathi said people from different fields had also been invited to the oath-taking ceremony.