Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, May 13
BJP on Saturday put its entire cadre and leaders to ensure safe movement of Swami Dhirendra Shastri Bageshwar Baba who had received threats from the RJD leaders who had even warned him of being arrested.
From JP international airport to his hotel near Gandhi Maidan, his SUV was driven by BJP member of Lok Sabha Manoj Tiwari. In the afternoon, two Union Ministers Giriraj Singh and Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, leader of opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha, state BJP President Samrat Chaudhury, party MPs from Patliputra, Ramkripal Yadav and Patna Saheb, Ravishankar Prasad escorted him to Taret Pali, 20 km from Patna where he would be giving discourse till May 17.
Bageshwar Baba told media persons he was engaged in his mission Hindu Rashtra and always advocated for Hindus.
Organisers of the discourse sent invitations to the Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar to listen to the Baba. State government sent alert notices to the police fearing terror attack on the Baba. Over 50 magistrates and 1.000 policemen have been deployed at the Taret Paali grounds.
BJP leaders sought blessings from the Baba.
Forest and Environment Minister, Tejpratap Yadav, elder son of RJD President, Lalu Prasad earlier in the day had asked his volunteers to prevent Baba from going to Taret Paali village as he preached on Hindu Rashtra.
Education Minister Chandrashekhar Yadav has warned Baba would be arrested if he talked of Hindu Rashtra only and recalled Chief Minister Lalu Yadav had arrested L K Adwani when he was Ram Janambhoomi Rath Yatra.
