Varanasi, June 24: Before the 25th meeting of the Central Zonal Council starting shortly on Tuesday in the religious city of Kashi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid an obeisance to Kashi Vishwanath and Sankatmochan temples.
After offering prayers in the temples, the Chief Minister wrote on his official social media account, “I will participate in the meeting of the Central Zonal Council today in the land of Baba Vishwanath’s grace, indestructible Kashi. This council, which strengthens federal unity, national integrity and regional development, will give new power and momentum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Team India,”.
He wrote that the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav and the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Vishnu Dev Sai are participating in the meeting of the Central Regional Council.
In the morning, during the arrival and departure of the Chief Minister, the vehicular movement was halted for some time. Amid tight security, the Chief Minister reached the temples from the Circuit House for worship.
After the worship at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the Chief Minister reached Shri Sankatmochan Temple where he was welcomed by the Mahant of the temple, Prof Vishwambhar Nath Mishra.
During this, Mahamandaleshwar Santosh Das Satua Baba, former minister of the state and MLA Dr Neelkanth Tiwari, Cabinet Minister of the state Anil Rajbhar, MLA Saurabh Srivastava were also present.