Sounding the election bugle, gently, at the NRI gathering in Varanasi

Continuing the same theme of the 'Indian-ness' of NRIs in Mauritius, Adityanath spoke of how Mauritians are preserving the Ramayana and the Shiva temples there

The big NRI bash at Varanasi had a slight feel of the election rally rather than a gigantic getting together of the great and good among the diaspora.  The speeches of Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Uttar Prad­esh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya­nath at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) were coded with curious election messaging.
 
Before any of the dignitaries took to the podium, there was a musical performance by a group of young men and women. They sang of Kashi, the ancient name for Varanasi, and for the Hindu god, Shiva, and rhymed it with Bharatvanshi (loosely