Adityanath meets Bhagwat at Kumbh

Allahabad (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during a tour of the Kumbh Mela area here on Thursday.

Adityanath met Bhagwat at a local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office for one and a half hours, sources said.

Adityanath then met Puri shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and briefed him about the government's stand on the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The chief minister also met mahant Nritya Gopal Das of Ram Janmnabhoomi Nyas and Juna Akhada 'mahamandaleshwar' Swami Avdheshanand Giri.