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Refuting the Samajwadi Party's claims of boatmen being exploited during Mahakumbh Mela, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shared a success story of a boatman's family who earned Rs 30 crore in 45 days during the congregation in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26.

PM Modi said that a certain group of politicians regularly ridicules the Hindu religion and divides people. He added that foreign elements have been using such politicians to target the country.

From the very onset, Savita Jha makes it evident that this piece is going to be yet another ‘liberal’ attempt at gaslighting Hindus for displaying their faith unapologetically. While the JNU professor argues that since crores of Hindus are partaking in the Mahakumbh festival, Hinduism is becoming performative, mandatory and codified, however, what she affectionately called “my religion” has always been performative.

The delay in the schedule of two trains, the announcement of a special train to Prayagraj and the unexpected surge in the sales tickets led to the stampede on New Delhi Railway Station.

As per the complaint, while addressing the gathering, Afzal Ansari said, “On this festival of faith (Mahakumbh), it is believed that a person will become pure by bathing at the Sangam shore. Sins will be washed away. If sins are washed away, it means that the path to Baikunth will open up. In the situation that is visible, it seems that no one will survive in hell. No one will survive in hell and there (in Baikunth) the house will be full.”

Allahabad High Court noted that there is no sufficient data to suggest that the public address system was causing noise above permissible limits.

“27 mein aayenge Akhilesh, 32 mein bhavya Ardhkumbh karayenge vishesh” posters have been put up outside the Samajwadi Party’s office in Lucknow.

Team OpIndia has obtained 2 FIR copies registered by the Police. The sections imposed by the Mahakubh police against the accused persons are section 353 of the BNS, 2023, and section 67 of the IT Act.

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan dismissed the government figures of the number of devotees visiting Mahakumbh and also claimed that the water in Prayagraj is contaminated as dead bodies of stampede victims have been thrown in the Ganga river.

Nearly a week before the stampede on Mauni Amavasya, the Uttar Pradesh government had declared that the Mahakumbh area in Prayagraj would be a no-vehicle and no VIP zone from 27th to 30th January.