VARANASI, June 24 -- Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah arrived in Varanasi on Monday ahead of the 25th Central Zonal Council meeting, which he will chair here on Tuesday.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary and top officials welcomed Shah at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.

Tuesday's meeting will be attended by chief ministers of four states - Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand), Mohan Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) and Vishnu Deo Sai (Chhattisgarh).

In an X post in Hindi, Adityanath said, "Hearty welcome to the Honourable Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri AmitShah ji in the holy city of Kashi, the abode of Devadidev Mahadev!"

From the airport, Shah, ...