<p class="title"> Facing a ban from the Election Commission (EC) for his 'Ali vs Bajarang Bali' remark, BJP's star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seems to have embarked upon a religious pilgrimage and on a silent campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A day after paying obeisance at the famous Hanuman temple in the state capital, Adityanath on Wednesday visited Ayodhya, where he had a 'darshan' at the makeshift Ram temple and also at the Hanumangarhi temple.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister also held meetings with the chairman of the Ram Janambhoomi Trust, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, and other prominent seers in Ayodhya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He will also be visiting the famous Hindu shrine at Devipatan in Balrampur district, about 300 kilometre from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Adityanath had lunch with a Scheduled Caste family, which had been a beneficiary of the prime minister's housing scheme, in Ayodhya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP sources claimed that the family members had invited Adityanath for lunch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said that the chief minister will also be visiting Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, the last day of the ban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He would be paying obeisance at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple and also at Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister will also be holding meetings with local BJP workers and office bearers in Varanasi and will review poll preparations, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Adityanath wants to send out the message that no power on the earth can shake his faith in Bajarang Bali (Hanuman)," remarked a state BJP leader here.</p>
<p class="title"> Facing a ban from the Election Commission (EC) for his 'Ali vs Bajarang Bali' remark, BJP's star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seems to have embarked upon a religious pilgrimage and on a silent campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A day after paying obeisance at the famous Hanuman temple in the state capital, Adityanath on Wednesday visited Ayodhya, where he had a 'darshan' at the makeshift Ram temple and also at the Hanumangarhi temple.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister also held meetings with the chairman of the Ram Janambhoomi Trust, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, and other prominent seers in Ayodhya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He will also be visiting the famous Hindu shrine at Devipatan in Balrampur district, about 300 kilometre from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Adityanath had lunch with a Scheduled Caste family, which had been a beneficiary of the prime minister's housing scheme, in Ayodhya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP sources claimed that the family members had invited Adityanath for lunch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said that the chief minister will also be visiting Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, the last day of the ban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He would be paying obeisance at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple and also at Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister will also be holding meetings with local BJP workers and office bearers in Varanasi and will review poll preparations, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Adityanath wants to send out the message that no power on the earth can shake his faith in Bajarang Bali (Hanuman)," remarked a state BJP leader here.</p>
