UP: CM Yogi Promises Purohit Welfare Board If BJP Re-Elected to Power

GG News Bureau

Raebareli, 22^nd Feb. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a public rally in Raebareli on Monday. During this, CM Yogi promised the launch of the Purohit Welfare Board in the state for the welfare of priests, sadhus and special scholarship for students studying Sanskrit if the BJP is re-elected to power.

Addressing the rally in Raebareli, Yogi said, “We have decided to constitute a ‘Purohit Kalyan Board’ (Priest Welfare Board). All Sanskrit students will get a special scholarship.”

The BJP leader also slammed the Congress party for saying that they are accidental Hindu. Yogi said, “They would not know anything about culture. They say they’re accidental Hindu, we should be proud of being a Hindu.”

Assured of the win in the Assembly polls, Yogi said, “The immense gathering at Raebareli is a declaration of victory for the BJP and a historic defeat of the ‘staunch dynast’.”

Three of the seven phases of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls have been completed and the polling for the remaining phases will be held on February 23, February 27, March 3 and March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.