PM Narendra Modi at Sangam.
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Public Works Department and District in-charge Minister Satish Jarkiholi said that he will take a dip in Krishna, Ghataprabha and Hiranyakeshi rivers instead of at the confluence the Ganga, Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh, which is being held at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh.
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Insisting that Maha Kumbh event was organised well, BJP MP Hema Malini on Tuesday said the stampede was not a "big incident" and is being "exaggerated.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Wednesday and take a holy dip at the Sangam around 11 am, his office said.
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Hitting back at comments regarding his plans to visit the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said that no one has the right to question his personal beliefs and devotion.
Shivakumar was responding to remarks by Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, R Ashoka, who commented on reports about his plans to visit the Kumbh Mela while attempting to link it to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s recent statement.
Kharge had questioned whether poverty could be eradicated by taking a dip in the Ganga, alleging that BJP leaders were competing to take dips for the cameras.
"He (Ashoka), the Opposition Leader, thinks he will gain respect in his party by making comments against me. Let anyone say whatever they want—it is a matter of our dharma and karma, our practices, traditions, and beliefs," Shivakumar said.
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"This kind of politics, which is optic-based politics, to only be seen doing something which may be spiritual or whatever, even it if is Kejriwal or PM Modi are using this time, on the voting day...it's is unfair and not correct," Robert Vadra told ANI about PM's Kumbh visit.