Digvijaya Singh at Aron: 'Where there is donation money, there is the VHP'

Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's "Satya Sanatan Swabhiman Yatra" reached Ashoknagar district on Thursday night. When the yatra arrived at Aron, people from religious, social and political circles welcomed it.

At Aron, Singh spoke on religion, religious organisations and politics done in the name of religion. He said, "Where there is donation money, there is the Vishva Hindu Parishad." The remark drew discussion there. Speaking on the role of religious organisations, he made the same point in his statement.

Singh said the Sanatan tradition is not limited to modes of worship. According to him, it is a way of life that includes truth, non-violence, compassion, service, charity and respect for all. He said the yatra is being taken out with this idea.

During the yatra he also interacted with people. The Samajwadi Party extended its support to the yatra on the occasion. After leaving Aron, the yatra moved towards Ashoknagar district, and people welcomed it in villages and towns along the way. At night the yatra halted at Sovat village on the Guna-Ashoknagar border.

The yatra, led by Singh, began from Ujjain on October 20 and will go to Ayodhya. The roughly 950 to 1,000 km yatra aims to raise issues such as transparency in the use of donations and properties received by temples, which he calls "chanda chori", and fairness in the electoral process, which he calls "vote chori".

Singh's wife, Amrita Rai, is also part of the yatra. The yatra resumed on November 11 after Deepavali, and entered Ashoknagar district on Thursday night.