Varanasi: When AICC basic secretary for east UP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra provides prayer at Kashi Vishwanath Temple here on Wednesday, she could be emulating her grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi in looking for blessings of Lord Shiva, the presiding deity of the temple.
Giving details of Priyanka’s programme, district Congress president Prajanath Sharma mentioned, “She will transfer by road from Chunar (Mirzapur) to Ramnagar in Varanasi, where she will visit the ancestral house and memorial of Lal Bahadur Shastri. From Ramnagar she will take a boat to Assi Ghat and Dashashwamedh Ghat.”
“During her keep, she will meet mallah (boatmen) neighborhood at Assi Ghat, and offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple. From where she will go to wait a Holi Milan programme and meet birthday celebration workers in Piplani Katra locality. An association has been made for 1,500 other people for this objective and the entry could be allowed to go holders only,” he added.
Before leaving for Delhi, Priyanka may also meet the members of the family of martyrs Avdhesh Yadav in Bahadurpur, Vishal Pandey in Chowkaghat and Ramesh Yadav in Tofapur.
“Both Indiraji and Rajivji had presented prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple,” mentioned senior Congress chief and previous district president Satish Chaubey. According to Rajendra Tiwari, brother of former mahant of Kashi Vishwanath temple Kulpati Tiwari, Indira Gandhi visited Kashi Vishwanath temple in 1978, quickly after her defeat in 1977 election after Emergency, to take blessings of Lord Shiva. “She once more visited the temple in 1981 after her win in 1980 election. She stayed for 2 days here and went to the temple on feet after taking holy dip in Ganga,” recalled Tiwari.
“Rajiv had additionally presented prayer at the temple simply sooner than the 1984 Lok Sabha elections to take blessings of the Lord,” mentioned Tiwari including that he (Rajiv) may now not go to the temple in 1986 when he visited Varanasi to launch the Ganga Action Plan.
He mentioned AICC president Rahul Gandhi had additionally presented prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple sooner than the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Later, he at the side of SP president Akhilesh Yadav, visited the temple in March 2017 sooner than the UP assembly election. “During her keep in Varanasi, Priyanka may also visit the ancestral house of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and his memorial at Ramnagar. However, the place was once by no means visited by Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi,” claimed Chaubey.
Giving details of Priyanka’s programme, district Congress president Prajanath Sharma mentioned, “She will transfer by road from Chunar (Mirzapur) to Ramnagar in Varanasi, where she will visit the ancestral house and memorial of Lal Bahadur Shastri. From Ramnagar she will take a boat to Assi Ghat and Dashashwamedh Ghat.”
“During her keep, she will meet mallah (boatmen) neighborhood at Assi Ghat, and offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple. From where she will go to wait a Holi Milan programme and meet birthday celebration workers in Piplani Katra locality. An association has been made for 1,500 other people for this objective and the entry could be allowed to go holders only,” he added.
Before leaving for Delhi, Priyanka may also meet the members of the family of martyrs Avdhesh Yadav in Bahadurpur, Vishal Pandey in Chowkaghat and Ramesh Yadav in Tofapur.
“Both Indiraji and Rajivji had presented prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple,” mentioned senior Congress chief and previous district president Satish Chaubey. According to Rajendra Tiwari, brother of former mahant of Kashi Vishwanath temple Kulpati Tiwari, Indira Gandhi visited Kashi Vishwanath temple in 1978, quickly after her defeat in 1977 election after Emergency, to take blessings of Lord Shiva. “She once more visited the temple in 1981 after her win in 1980 election. She stayed for 2 days here and went to the temple on feet after taking holy dip in Ganga,” recalled Tiwari.
“Rajiv had additionally presented prayer at the temple simply sooner than the 1984 Lok Sabha elections to take blessings of the Lord,” mentioned Tiwari including that he (Rajiv) may now not go to the temple in 1986 when he visited Varanasi to launch the Ganga Action Plan.
He mentioned AICC president Rahul Gandhi had additionally presented prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple sooner than the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Later, he at the side of SP president Akhilesh Yadav, visited the temple in March 2017 sooner than the UP assembly election. “During her keep in Varanasi, Priyanka may also visit the ancestral house of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and his memorial at Ramnagar. However, the place was once by no means visited by Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi,” claimed Chaubey.
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