On meeting mother for first time since becoming CM, Yogi has this to say: See pics
New Delhi, May 04: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday visited his native village Panchur in Pauri distrct for the first time to meet his mother and other relatives after becoming the chief minister.
Tucked
behind
thickly-forested
hills
in
the
Pauri
district,
the
village
is
barely
visible
from
a
distance
on
normal
days,
but
it
shimmered
in
soft
light
on
the
occasion
of
the
visit
of
its
most
worthy
son.
After
visiting
his
village,
Adityanath
also
tweeted
a
picture
in
which
he
is
seen
touching
his
mother's
feet
and
taking
her
blessings.
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister had not been able to attend even the funeral of his father Anand Bisth on April 21, 2020 in Haridwar, following his death in AIIMS, New Delhi a day earlier amid the country-wide Covid outbreak.
"I had the ardent wish to get a glimpse of my father at the final moment. However, following a sense of duty towards the state's 23 crore people during the COVID-19 pandemic, I could not do so," the chief minister had said, ruing his inability to attend his father's funeral.
माँ pic.twitter.com/3YA7VBksMA
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) May 3, 2022
"Adityanath, in fact, visited his village for the first time in several years to attend any family function there," an official said.
Though Yogi has been coming to Uttarakhand to attend political programmes and address public meetings, it is for the first time that he has visited his ancestral village.
He will spend the night in his village and attend the hair tonsure ceremony of his nephew on Wednesday.
Surrounded by his relatives and acquaintances from neighbouring villages soon after arrival, Yogi first spoke to the younger members of his family and distributed chocolates to them.
The chief minister earlier became emotional while unveiling a statue of his spiritual guru Mahant Avaidyanath at Mahayogi Guru Goarkahnath Government College, Bidhyani, Yamkeshwar.
In his address at the function, he said he felt proud while unveiling the statue of his spiritual guru at the place where he was born but could not visit it after 1940.
Adityanath also honoured his school teachers by offering them each a shawl at the function and remembered those who were no more.
(PTI)