Niranjani Akhara sacks seer for performing 'yagna' for Digvijaya Singh

'It is not the duty of a sage to favour one person and pray for the defeat of another. Sadhus should work for the growth and prosperity of the entire nation,' was the official reason cited

Favour all, not one

A Hindu seer in Bhopal who was part of the Niranjani Akhara was sacked over the weekend for performing a "yagna" for Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls. Mahamandaleshwar Swami Vairagyanand had conducted the ritual for a week, offering 5 kg of red chilli, praying for Digvijaya Singh to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhopal candidate Pragya Thakur. "It is not the duty of a sage to favour one person and pray for the defeat of another. Sadhus should work for the growth and prosperity of the entire nation," was the