US EditionShankaracharya Row: Ayodhya GST Commissioner Resigns, Cites Moral Duty - 'When I Saw My CM and PM Are Being insulted...'
Ayodhya GST Commissioner Prashant Kumar Singh resigned citing moral duty to support PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath amid protests and allegations linked to Shankaracharya's treatment.
- On Tuesday, Ayodhya GST Commissioner Prashant Kumar Singh resigned in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, pledging to perform duties until acceptance and expressing personal pain.
- Following a Mauni Amavasya dispute at the Magh Mela involving a notice to Swami Avimukteshwaranand, authorities allegedly stopped his palanquin on January 18, prompting him to protest outside his camp for nine days.
- Reports of alleged beatings of disciples state that disciples and elderly monks were pushed and beaten during the Magh Mela, while Avimukteshwaranand called the resignation staged and urged action if genuine sycophancy.
- The resignations have prompted claims that the GST officer showed loyalty to Yogi Adityanath while critics called it sycophancy and a countermove to the Bareilly resignation.
- Singh warned that such forces vitiate public atmosphere and cautioned that they divide society on caste lines, adding Ayodhya is a focus of the Uttar Pradesh government.
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Shankaracharya row: Ayodhya GST commissioner resigns, cites moral duty - 'When I saw my CM and PM are being insulted...'
After submitting his resignation, Singh said he was deeply affected by what he called unfounded allegations made by Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand against the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and the Prime Minister.
GST officer resigns in support of Yogi over Shankaracharya issue
Ayodhya (UP): GST Deputy Commissioner Prashant Kumar Singh on Tuesday, January 27, resigned in protest against Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand’s “objectionable” remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Singh said he was deeply hurt by what he described as recent attempts to divide the country on the basis of caste and religion, allegedly emanating from the holy land of Prayagraj. Singh said he was stepping down in support …
UP GST official resigns amid Shankaracharya row, cites moral duty to PM and CM
The Shankaracharya controversy in Uttar Pradesh has spilled into administrative circles, with Ayodhya GST Deputy Commissioner Prashant Kumar Singh resigning in support of PM Modi and CM Yogi, days after a Bareilly city magistrate quit and was suspended later.
Shankaracharya vs Yogi Adityanath Escalates, Ayodhya Bureaucrat Resigns
In a sharp escalation of the row involving Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and Yogi Adityanath, an Ayodhya bureaucrat has resigned, saying he is doing this in support of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, the PM and the Constitution.
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