
Shivna Prakashan, the publisher, announced that five per cent of sales proceeds will be earmarked for the conservation of the Narmada. Singh’s wife Amrita too recounted her experiences and stressed the need to conserve the environment along the river. A few spiritual leaders and former Union ministers Suresh Pachouri and Kantilal Bhuria also spoke at the book launch function. Singh also recounted that late spiritual leader Daddaji had directed his follower and actor Ashutosh Rana to make arrangements for `bhandara’ (community feast) at Barman Ghat. A leader of the BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and three other BJP workers were part of his group, and they are now inseparable part of his ‘Narmada family”, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said. Singh said he was mentioning all this to let people know that religion and politics are different, and he had “taken help from all” during his pilgrimage. When he was passing through Bharuch region, RSS workers arranged the stay for his group at a Manjhi Samaj Dharamshala one day and the hall where they were put up had photos of RSS stalwarts Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar on the walls, the Congress leader recounted. “I asked them why they were taking so much trouble, they told me that they had orders to meet me,” he said. Though he is a strong critic of the RSS, its workers kept meeting him during the yatra, Singh said. In Amrita’s words ‘We live in a modern, progressive India, and the constitutional and legal framework has empowered me to decide about my life and my life’s choices’. This was an example of “political coordination, adjustment and friendship which has nothing to do with politics and ideology,” the Congress veteran said. m r t ne 2 This colour coding can be easily learned in the sequence BB ROY Great Britain Very Good Wife. “Till today I have not met Shah, but I expressed my gratitude to him through proper channels,” he added. Digvijay Singh, Mansi Garg, Manish Dangwal.

Singh had started the over 3000 km-long journey which lasted six months from Barman Ghat in Narsinghpur district on September 30, 2017. They found way for us through the mountains and also arranged food for all of us,” the Congress veteran said.


“Elections were going on (in Gujarat), Digvijaya is their biggest critic, but he (Shah) ensured that there should not be any problem during our yatra. “A forest officer arrived, and you will be surprised to know that he told me that Amit Shah had directed him to fully cooperate with us,” Singh told the audience. Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll: EC restricts Thackeray, Shinde factions from using ‘Shiv Sena’ name, ‘bow and arrow’ symbol
