Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV.
The nectar bath of Maghi Purnima in Mahakumbh was concluded safely. Nearly two crore devotees took a dip in the Sangam. Prayagraj has a population of about sixty million but four times more people reached Sangam city than the population of the city. Still, there was no problem, neither jam, nor trouble, nor the devotees had any problem in reaching the confluence.
People immersed in devotion went to the confluence singing hymns, took a dip and went back. Mahakumbh has completed one month and fifty crore people have taken a dip in Mahakumbh in just thirty days. This number is more than the population of any country in the world except India and China. If the population of 119 countries of the world is added, it is fifty crores, that is, people have taken a dip in Mahakumbh equal to the population of 119 countries. It is unimaginable, incredible, amazing.
After the accident on the day of Mauni Amavasya, all kinds of apprehension were being expressed about the Amrit bath of Maghi Purnima. The day was very challenging for Yogi Adityanath’s government and administration, but Yogi successfully faced this challenge. The pictures that came from Prayagraj were surprising, there was no jam on any highway outside the city, traffic in the city was going well.
You will be surprised to know that more than one crore devotees took bath in Sangam in just six hours between four in the morning and ten o’clock in the morning. After this, 87 lakh people took a dip in the next six hours. By four o’clock in the evening, one crore 87 lakh people took bath in the Ganges. Since the bathing of Maghi Purnima is the last bath of the month of Magh, after which most Kalpavasi goes back from the Sangam region, there was more crowd in the confluence.
There should be no accident of any kind, so the police and administration officials were alert since morning. Yogi Adityanath reached the war room at the Chief Minister’s residence in Lucknow at four in the morning. Direct pictures of CCTV cameras installed in the war room were coming. Yogi was monitoring him. DGP Prashant Kumar, Principal Home Secretary Sanjay Prasad and several senior officers were also present in the war room. When everything continued properly till eleven o’clock in the day, the Yogi left the Chief Minister’s residence. There was a rally with Jayant Chaudhary in Baghpat, western UP. Yogi apologized to the people present at the rally for delay. Yogi said that he was worried about the bathing of Maghi Purnima in Mahakumbh, so he was monitoring the arrangements of Prayagraj himself. When he was confident that everything was going on in a smooth manner, only then he reached Baghpat. Yogi attacked Akhilesh Yadav without naming, said that some people are intimidating devotees, spreading rumors, so that people do not go to Mahakumbh, now the public knows everything, those who themselves take a dip in the confluence of themselves. , Where are the common people listening to them.
Regarding Mahakumbh Yogi The biggest challenge before was not an accident on the day of Amrit bath. It was not easy to manage such a large number of people. But the way arrangements were made, it is being discussed all over the world. However, the second challenge that comes from this is that when there is good arrangement, it is discussed, when people see devotees diverting enthusiastically on TV, more devotees leave for Kumbh.
The third challenge is that while returning from Mahakumbh, people want to see Ramlala in Ayodhya, want to see the new temple. Baba wants to take the blessings of Vishwanath in Kashi. That is why police force is also required in Ayodhya and Kashi. In these areas also, people’s food and drink arrangements become a big responsibility. This is followed by a challenge, political rhetoric. After the tragic accident occurred at the time of Mauni Amavasya, someone alleged that thousands of people were killed. Someone said that the management failed completely. The most blamed ‘VIP culture’. But the leaders who made the allegations also quietly dipped in Kumbh.
On Wednesday, Digvijay Singh went to earn virtue. A few days ago Akhilesh Yadav also returned to Kumbh and returned. Both admitted that they went like the common man, they had no problem. Yogi Adityanath not only gave a befitting reply to his opponents, but also proved that leaders like Akhilesh Yadav were making no power. By making efficient arrangements for bathing of 50 crore people in Mahakumbh, Yogi has done amazing work, has given evidence of his administrative efficiency and should be praised for it. ,Rajat Sharma,
See: ‘Today’s talkFull episode of February 12, 2025 with Rajat Sharma
