Varanasi,

18 July (HS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has targeted those who

are defaming the Kanwar Yatra and fuelling caste conflict. He said that Kanwar

pilgrims travel with full faith and devotion, but some people are trying to

defame them. The Chief Minister also warned that some people are trying to

spread caste conflict by creating fake accounts on social media, and the

society needs to be cautious about this. On the last day of his two-day

Varanasi visit, on Friday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was speaking at a

national seminar on 'Birsa Munda's legacy, tribal empowerment and national

movement' organized at Vasanta Mahila Mahavidyalaya located at Rajghat here.

This seminar was organized under the joint aegis of the college and the Indian

Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

Uttar

Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath), along with ministers

Anil Rajbhar (@AnilRajbharbjp) and Swatantra Dev Singh (@swatantrabjp),

attended a national seminar on Birsa Munda and planted a sapling at Vasant

Kanya Mahavidyalaya.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

(@myogiadityanath) held a nationwide symposium on Birsa Munda at Vasant Kanya

Mahavidyalaya. He claims that the

University has a legacy of its own. The

Theosophical Society plays an important part in the operation of this

university. Annie Besant, a figure in

the Indian freedom struggle who was Irish yet appreciated the traditions of her

homeland. She played an important role

in advancing this culture. Madan Mohan

Malviya Ji's legacy lives on via BHU.

Also, this university is attempting to preserve its past.

In

the seminar, the Chief Minister also praised the contribution of the tribal

society and paid tribute to Lord Birsa Munda. He said, Lord Birsa Munda

fought for the rights of the tribal society. He is a source of inspiration for

us. The tribal society has always stood with us, whether it is with Lord Ram,

Lord Krishna, during the battle of Haldighati, or at the time of Maharana

Pratap and Shivaji Maharaj.

Referring

to the Kanwar Yatra, the Chief Minister said, Today, Kanwar pilgrims

carry Kanwar for 200, 300, 400 kilometers with their devotion, chanting Har Har

Bam, but they too are tried in the media, they are even called hooligans and

terrorists. This mentality is working to insult India's heritage and faith in

every way, these people create fake accounts on social media and spread caste

conflict.... They work to divide the society. We should be cautious of

such people. He said that our challenge is such that some people work to separate

people from the mainstream in the society, such are their deeds. The Chief

Minister also alerted the common people while giving a message of strictness

against such people. Referring to an incident, he said that a similar incident

had happened two-three years ago. In an incident of arson, a person was wearing

a saffron towel, when the towel suddenly came out in the middle, he exclaimed

'Ya Allah'... Such people need to be identified. Such people are a hindrance to

the unity of the society. Such people should be identified. He said that the

month of Sawan is going on, before that there was Muharram, we had made rules

to limit the length of the Tazia; this caused damage to electricity and tree

branches. Sisters and daughters were not able to come out on the streets. No

one spoke at that time. When I said that one can get caught in the high tension

wire, do not make the Tazia higher than this. Then no one opposed it on social

media. An incident happened in Jaunpur where the Tazia was made so high that it

came in the grip of the high tension line.

Padma

Shri Ashok Bhagat, who was present in the seminar, also discussed the

multifaceted legacy of Birsa Munda. The aim of the seminar was to further

highlight the legacy of Birsa Munda, as well as to correctly present the role

of tribal society in society. More than 100 research papers are to be presented

in this seminar, which is based on various aspects of tribal rights, social

justice and environmental protection. College coordinator Prof. Anjana Singh

said that this seminar is an attempt to explore the multifaceted legacy of

Birsa Munda, in which the contributions made by him for tribal rights, social

justice and environmental protection will be understood.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi