Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday cleaned the floors of the historic Karansinji High School and the streets of the city leading to the Balaji Hanuman Temple on Bhupendra Road in Rajkot, targeting areas surrounding major pilgrimage sites. Launched a nationwide BJP campaign to clean up the state. .
Mr. Patel arrived at the temple under reconstruction around 9:00 a.m. to find ‘Jai Jai Sri Ram’ being chanted by devotees in saffron shawls. This CM was accompanied by Water Resources Minister Kunvarji Bavaria, His Rajkot Mayor Pradipdav, President Rajkot Panchayat Bhupat Bodar, his local MLA and party leader. Patel performed the arti for the first time at the temple on the grounds of Karansinji High School. He was later greeted by Swaminarayan priests with wreaths and flowered hats. This temple is managed by Swaminarayan Temple on Bhupendra Road. After aarti, CM welcomed Safai Karmacaris (sanitary workers) from Rajkot Municipal Corporation to the high school grounds. Patel then instructed the cleaners to clean the school grounds and the street in front of the temple.
The head of his BJP force in Gujarat, CR Patil, joined the action from Surat, with numerous ministers and elected members of the ruling party taking similar actions at 22 other religious sites in the state. Overall, the party said its leaders will sweep and clean access roads and areas around 24 major religious sites in the state. Later that morning, Patel addressed a separate meeting of BJP workers and the party’s elected officials at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Public Hall. He attended a meeting with the Rajkot district administration office in the afternoon and saw the ongoing Saurashtra in the city. Attend product exhibitions.