Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya and former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra joined the 'Sanatan Hindu Unity' march on Thursday.
Both politicians walked with the 'padyatra' led by spiritual storyteller and head of Bageshwar Dham Dhirendra Shastri in Niwari district. They also walked with Shastri and urged people to make the yatra a success.
Raghuraj Pratap Singh said that this campaign of unification of the Hindu community is in need of the hour because some politicians are trying to divide the community in the name of caste.
Jansatta Dal chief and Kunda MLA Raja Bhaiya, however, did not mention any individual politician but also accused of trying to divide the Hindu community for the vote bank.
Dhirendra Shastri's yatra makes Hindus understand that unity will keep them safe. I have come to join this yatra because I am a Hindu and I am proud of it," said Kunda MLA.
Raghuraj Pratap Singh on Tuesday sharply reacted to the ongoing developments in Bangladesh, which include the arrest and denial of bail to Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das there.
“Atrocities against Hindus has peaked under the fundamentalist dictatorial government of Bangladesh and the Hindus are being killed selectively, their houses and shops are being targeted,” he said.
Several politicians, actors and religious seers have joined the yatra as well. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt had joined Shastri’s yatra in Khajuraho on November 25.
Dhirendra Shastri’s padyatra, which started from his Ashram (Bageshwar Dham) in Chhatarpur district on November 21, will conclude after covering 160 km at Ram Raja temple in Orcha in Tikamgarh district of Bundelkhand on November 29.
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