"We are here in Prayagraj. All the arrangements have been made so smoothly by the central government and the Uttar Pradesh administration... Lakhs of devotees are doing their devotion, their worship here..." said spiritual leader Shankar.
On the occasion of faith and devotion, more than 36.1 million devotees took a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam on Sunday, according to an official statement from the Uttar Pradesh Information Department.
"The inhumanity and brutal murder of a Dalit daughter in Ayodhya is heart-breaking and very shameful. If the administration had paid heed to the cry for help of the girl's family that had been echoing for three days, perhaps her life could have been saved," Rahul Gandhi said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a public rally in the Milkipur assembly constituency on Sunday, highlighting that, to date, 34 crore devotees have taken a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government after the body of a Dalit girl was found murdered in a field in Ayodhya. She stated that in the "BJP's Jungle Rajm," no one listens to the "cries of Dalits, tribals, backward and poor."
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday slammed the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief, Akhilesh Yadav, alleging that in the last two months, all his posts on X (formerly Twitter) were against the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.
Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the brutal murder of a Dalit girl in Ayodhya, calling it an "extremely sad and inhuman" crime.
The Centre has recently added four new Ramsar sites in India, taking the total tally to 89. The new sites included two in Tamil Nadu, one in Sikkim and one in Jharkhand. This makes India the country with the largest number of such sites in South Asia.
District Minority Welfare Officer Sanya Mishr stated that despite repeated directives over the past 2-3 months, 107 madrasas failed to make progress in generating the IDs, with only 17 starting the process.
Pilgrims at the Mahakumbh Mela dismissed social media allegations of mismanagement and defamation attempts, stating that 90 per cent of reports on Facebook and Instagram are fake.