Gadkari Shares Dais with Cong Chief Digvijaya Singh, Praises Him for Taking Half in Pandharpur Pilgrimage
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Union minister Nitin Gadkari (File picture)
Notably, Gadkari had in 2018 withdrawn a case of defamation in opposition to Digvijaya Singh after the latter expressed remorse over his assertion
Union minister Nitin Gadkari shared the dais with senior Congress chief Digvijaya Singh throughout a ebook launch perform close to Pune metropolis and praised the latter for his annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur, a temple city in Maharashtra.
Singh visits Pandharpur, which homes the well-known temple of Lord Vitthal and Goddess Rukmini in Solapur district, yearly to supply prayers to the deity on Ashadi Ekadashi when the palanquins carrying sacred footprints of Sant Tuakram and Sant Dnyaneshwar attain the city together with lakhs of 'warkaris' (devotees).
Gadkari and Singh on Thursday got here collectively to launch a ebook on late Congress chief Ramkrishna Extra at Pimpri Chinchwad close to Pune.
Throughout his speech, Gadkari praised Singh for his annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur on Ashadi Ekadashi, which was celebrated on Thursday.
"I will not get that type of braveness (to stroll) though I'm youthful than you. However you stroll a lot (throughout the pilgrimage)…I congratulate you and thanks," the Minister of Highway Transport and Highways stated.
Singh responded saying that Gadkari also needs to give it a strive in order that he begins participating in it commonly.
Notably, Gadkari had in 2018 withdrawn a case of defamation in opposition to Digvijaya Singh after the latter expressed remorse over his assertion. A joint petition for withdrawal of the case was filed in Delhi's Patiala Home court docket.
Gadkari had filed the defamation case in opposition to Singh in 2012 for allegedly dragging his identify into alleged irregularities within the allocation of coal blocks.
The BJP chief had then accused the previous Madhya Pradesh chief minister of attempting to divert folks's consideration from a Comptroller and Auditor Common (CAG) report on coal blocks allocation by making allegations that a enterprise accomplice of Gadkari gained a revenue of Rs 490 crore from coal mines in Chhattisgarh.
Talking on the occasion additional, Gadkari additionally lauded the political tradition of Maharashtra and stated that though there have been totally different events within the state, there was no bitterness amongst them.
"There will be variations of opinion, however there ought to be no 'manbhinnata' (variations in relationship) and Maharashtra is a wonderful instance of it," he stated.
The minister stated the federal government was creating the Palkhi Marg (palanquin route) at a value of Rs 12,000 crore.
He stated he has requested the engineers to put grass alongside the route in order that warkaris can stroll on it as a substitute of going barefoot on a sizzling highway.
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