Bhopal: Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya and former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra participated in the ‘Sanatan Hindu Unity’ march on Thursday.

Both politicians joined the ‘padayatra’ led by spiritual storyteller and Bageshwar Dham’s head, Dhirendra Shastri, in Niwari district. They also walked with Shastri and urged people to make the yatra successful.

Raghuraj Pratap Singh said the campaign for uniting the Hindu community is the need of the hour as some politicians are attempting to divide the community in the name of caste.

Jansatta Dal chief and Kunda MLA Raja Bhaiya, however, didn’t mention the name of any individual politician but was also accused of attempting to divide the Hindu community for the vote bank.

“Dhirendra Shastri’s yatra made Hindus realise that unity will keep them safe. I came to join this yatra because I am Hindu, and I am proud of it,” Kunda MLA said.

On Tuesday, Raghuraj Pratap Singh sharply reacted to the ongoing developments in Bangladesh, including 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 also joined the yatra. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt joined Shastri’s yatra in Khajuraho on November 25.

Dhirendra Shastri’s padayatra, which started from his Ashram (Bageshwar Dham) in Chhatarpur district on November 21, will conclude on November 29 after covering 160 km at Ram Raja temple in Orcha in Tikamgarh district of Bundelkhand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–IANS