The decision by Akhilesh to conduct puja at the party headquarters just days after MLAs from the state visited the Ram Temple is an indication that he doesn’t want to leave any stone unturned in reaching out to the Hindu majority in the state.
Akhilesh Yadav and Dimple worship the Shaligram shila as part of the construction of Kedareshwar temple in Etawah. The Shaligram shila arrived from Nepal and was worshipped by top SP leaders in Lucknow. Akhilesh expresses the wish for the arrival of Lord Shri Shaligram to be auspicious for the country.
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Bardoli town on Monday
Ahmedabad/Vadodara/Surat: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday threatened to start a farmers’ tractor agitation in Gujarat after Delhi, and said time has come to gherao Gandhinagar and also break barricades if needed.
“Farmers will conduct agitation in Gujarat using their tractors. Time has come to gherao Gandhinagar and block roads. If needed, we will have to break barricades too,” Tikait said after his visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Monday. He was accompanied by former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela.
Tikait claimed farmers in Gujarat were unhappy and suffering. “Farmers are suffering because there is no agitation here. There is no backing from courts also. Farmers are compelled to say they are happy and making a profit. Please give us that technology which is helping Gujarat’s farmers to reap benefits,” he said.