Lucknow, Feb. 22 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav has accused the Uttar Pradesh government of deliberately insulting Shankaracharya.
He said the government is deliberately trying to tarnish the reputation of a religious saint by bringing up a 20-year-old incident and registering a case against him.
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Yadav said this is the first time a Shankaracharya has been prevented from bathing in the Ganga during the Magh Mela. He said the Shankaracharya sat on a dharna for several days in the bitter cold, which is against the Sanatan tradition. He said that saints and Shankaracharyas have always been respected in the Sanatan system, but they have faced humiliation under the present...