PM Modi meets Matua group in Bangladesh, gives prayer at temple

On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met members of the Matua group in Orakandi throughout his 2-day go to to Bangladesh. He was accompanied by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
#WATCH Bangladesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the members of Matua group in Orakandi. NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla additionally current. pic.twitter.com/ViSry8RBvz— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2021
PM Modi mentioned that he felt the identical feelings because the Matua group in India feels once they come to Orakandi. It have to be talked about that Orakandi is the birthplace of Harichand Thakur, the non secular guru of the Matuas. He addressed a group reception programme by saying, “I got the opportunity to come here by the grace of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur.” PM Modi emphasised, “I was waiting for this opportunity for many years. When I visited Bangladesh in 2015, I had expressed my desire to visit Orakandi.”
PM Modi mentioned that Harichand Thakur had labored amongst those that had been thought-about ‘untouchable’ within the former Bengal Presidency. He fashioned the Matua sect of Hindus, the PM added.
The Indian Prime Minister introduced that the federal government will arrange a major college in Orakandi and likewise improve one center college. “I was speaking to some people here. They were saying who could have thought that India’s Prime Minister would visit Orakandi. I am feeling the same emotions my Matua brothers and sisters in India feel coming to Orakandi. I have always been very close to the family members of the Thakurbari,” he added. PM Modi additionally referred to late ‘Boro Ma’ Binapani Devi Thakur, former head of Matua group.
PM Shri @narendramodi attends group reception in Dhaka, Bangladesh. https://t.co/YibvYCOQxt— BJP (@BJP4India) March 27, 2021
“The way India and Bangladesh governments are working towards strengthening their ties, Harichand Thakur and Thakurbari have been doing this for ages. This place symbolises the spiritual tryst of India and Bangladesh,” PM Modi reiterated. PM Modi additionally supplied prayers on the Matua temple in Orakanda. The Matua group types a sizeable vote financial institution in Nadia, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and may show to be a gamechanger within the ongoing West Bengal State Legislative elections.