Yogi cabinet meet at Padao in tribute to BJP ideologue

Varanasi: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will preside over a meeting of his cabinet at the newly-inaugurated Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya memorial site. The cabinet meting is likely to be held after Holi.
The meeting is said to have been earlier scheduled on Tuesday, but has been postponed. The meeting was planned on the lines of the state cabinet meeting held during Kumbh fair of Prayagraj on January 29, 2019.
Divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal, on Monday, said, “There was a proposal for holding state cabinet’s meeting at Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya memorial site at Padao on Chandauli-Varanasi border on Tuesday. Preparations had started at Padao area but the date was later changed for some reasons.”
As per the officials, the cabinet meeting to be held at Padao area has been rescheduled and is likely to take place after Holi.
During Kumbh fair at Prayagraj, chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting of his cabinet at Sangam bank on January 29, 2019 and had also taken dip in Sangam.
The DDU memorial was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 16 by unveiling a 63-feet tall statue of the BJP icon and ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. The memorial has been developed as Antim Padav in Upadhyaya’s memory.
The foundation of this project was laid by Union home minister Amit Shah along with Union minister Piyush Goyal and chief minister Yogi Adityanath on August 5, 2018 when they had visited Chandauli district for the formal renaming of Mughalsarai Junction as Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction.