‘Declare her as Rashtra Mata’
Mahakumbh Nagar, Feb 7: A seer has given the Centre a 33-day ultimatum to decide on banning cow slaughter and threatened to take a “tough decision” after March 17.
Swami Avimuktesh-waranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand, on Tuesday gave the Centre 33 days to decide on banning cow slaughter in the country and declaring cow as “Rashtra Mata”.
Speaking to reporters at Shankaracharya Camp in Sector 19 here, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati said, “It is mentioned in the scriptures that 33 crore gods and goddesses reside in the body of a cow. We have been running a movement to declare the cow as ‘Rashtra Mata’ for the last one-and-a-half years.
“Now we have decided that from the next day of Maghi Purnima (Thursday), we will take out a 33-day-long yatra,” the seer said.
He said this 33-day journey would be completed by going to Delhi on March 17.
“The central government has 33 days to take a decision. If it does not take any decision in these 33 days, then we will take a tough decision after 5 pm on 17 March,” Swami Avimukteshwaranand said.
9 returning from Maha Kumbh killed in road accidents
Nine persons returning from Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj were killed and seven others injured in two road accidents in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur and Maihar districts on Tuesday morning, officials said. MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief and appealed to the people not to exert themselves beyond a point while travelling to such places. He also advised people to allow proper rest and sleep to their drivers to avoid such accidents. A truck carrying cement collided with a mini-bus at around 8.30 am near Sihora town in Jabalpur, killing seven occupants of the passenger vehicle returning to Andhra Pradesh from Prayagraj. (PTI)