Anushka Pathak – Mumbai Uncensored, 3rd March 2022
The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee was welcomed with black flags along with chants of “Jai Shri Ram” in Varanasi on Wednesday while on her way to take part in the auspicious Ganga Aarti. She sat on the stairs of the Dashashwamedh Ghat to watch ‘Ganga Aarti’ in a protest against the showing of the black flags to her. While the organizers of the Ganga Aarti requested her to sit on a chair, she continued to sit on the stairs.
Meanwhile, the Dy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the BJP leader Keshav Prasad Maurya took to Twitter today and posted, “Expressing dissatisfaction on hearing the chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ will not stop the people from chanting it. People will chant ‘Har Har Mahadev’ in Kashi, ‘Radhe Radhe’ and ‘Jai Shri Krishna’ in Mathura and Vrindavan.”
He also added that the plan of the Samajwadi Party leader, Akhilesh Yadav, to turn Uttar Pradesh into West Bengal will never be fulfilled and that the ‘Lotus’ will bloom in UP. This statement came keeping in mind the fact that Mamata Banerjee is campaigning for the Samajwadi Party and its allies in Varanasi.
Polling for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began at 7 am today and will continue till 6 pm. Polling is being held for 57 Assembly constituencies spread across 10 districts,which includes Ambedkarnagar, Gorakhpur, Ballia, Deoria, Basti and Kushinagar among others. The 7th phase polling, which is also the last phase, will be held on March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
