Varanasi, Feb. 25 -- The Congress is now openly supporting the issue of Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirpeetha. Following the call of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai, a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister was submitted to district magistrates in all 75 districts of the state on Wednesday.
In the same vein, dozens of officials and workers, led by the Varanasi city Congress Committee, reached the district headquarters with posters in support of Shankaracharya and submitted a memorandum to the ADM (Protocol). City Congress Committee president Raghavendra Choubey stated that a demand has been made for a transparent investigation of the individuals who filed the FIR in this case.
He urged t...