Members of teams opposing the yatra mentioned they do not need anybody dictating their meals habits.
Having confronted opposition in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj, popularly often called Jagadguru, is not going to be allowed to land in Meghalaya after protests over his cow safety yatra, sources have informed EDNBOX.
The Shankaracharya was anticipated to achieve Meghalaya as a part of the ‘Gau Dhwaj Sthapana Bharat Yatra’ – which advocates banning cow slaughter – on Saturday however sources mentioned the state authorities has determined to tell the Airport Authority of India to not permit his chartered aircraft to land. Members of a number of teams had already reached the Shillong airport on Friday after getting information that the Shankaracharya would land that day.
Talking to the media, members of the teams mentioned consuming beef is a part of the staple weight-reduction plan for the entire northeast, barring Assam, and they’d not tolerate anybody making an attempt to inform them what to eat and what to not.
On Thursday, the chartered aircraft of Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, who’s the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math Peeth in Uttarakhand, was allowed to land in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland however didn’t get out of the airport after requests from authorities, who informed him that doing so might result in a law-and-order scenario.
After arriving on the Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi, the Shankaracharya confronted opposition from members of the All-Arunachal Pradesh College students Union (AAPSU). He then went to Dimapur and was supposed to handle a cow safety occasion in Kohima on Saturday, however needed to flip again from there as effectively.
“We need to inform the federal government on behalf of 100 crore Hindus that cow slaughter needs to be stopped and a legislation needs to be made on this,” the Shankaracharya had mentioned earlier this month whereas pledging to go to 35 states on a cow safety mission.