Yogi Adityanath, who is also the head priest of Gorakhnath temple, had visited Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College hospital on Sunday. He was again expected in Gorakhpur on Monday evening to join Janmashtami celebrations at the temple but he cancelled the visit. “The order, while asking the police force to celebrate the occasion in a grand manner, also says that in the past such celebrations were disrupted. As chief minister, Akhilesh Yadavji himself visited the police lines for the Janmashtami celebrations,” former UP minister Rajendra Chowdhary told HT. That is also the reason why the Adityanath government has asked the police to celebrate the occasion in a grand manner.

Source: Hindustan Times August 15, 2017 08:48 UTC