Indirapuram, June 15 -- Uttar Pradesh Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Atul Garg, and former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Sunday flagged off a batch of 50 pilgrims for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from Indirapuram in Uttar Pradesh.

"After the return of this group, the UP government will immediately send a grant of Rs 1 lakh to the accounts of all the natives of Uttar Pradesh who are a part of this group..." Singh told ANI.

The Pramod Krishnam stated that the Mansarovar Yatra was flagged off under the leadership of the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and also thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"This is such an auspicious occasion... Under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath, a great...