UP chief minister Aditya Nath: A Hindutva pioneer, "green" saint and animal lover
Surely understood as a torchbearer of Hindutva and firebrand leader, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Aditya Nath is likewise an animal and nature lover.
While his affection for cows is outstanding, he is likewise a pet mate and has various animals on the Gorakhnath temple premises, including a dog, a cat, some monkeys and a deer.
His dog named Kallu can be seen wandering on the temple premises throughout the day. Aditya Nath loves to spend time with Kallu in the wake of finishing his day by day tasks and political gatherings.
A gathering of monkeys has made the temple premises their home. Early morning ordinary, Yogi sustains the monkeys.
Recently a photograph of Yogi sustaining milk to a tiger cub and conveying a snake circulated around the web via social media.
His helpers in the Gorakhnath temple said the cub was discovered wandering close to an ashram in Tulsipur, in Balrampur region, close India-Nepal outskirt. The cub was kept in the ashram for a couple of months and later gave over to theforest department. Aditya Nath used to sustain milk to the cub with a container at whatever point he went by the ashram, they said.
He used to likewise feed the deer and elands that meandered around the ashram close Tuthibari in Maharajganj area. The ashram is sandwiched between Sohagibarwa Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharajganj and Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
The Gorakhnath Temple Trust has additionally set up an ashram in Nawal Parasi locale over the outskirt in Nepal. Aditya Nath now and then went to the ashram and spent his day among the wildlife.
In the late nineties, the UP CM propelled a development against the poachers who were dynamic in the timberland territory of Nepal and UP. On many events he met the agents of Tharu and Vantongiyas tribals, settled in the flanking areas of Balrampur, Lakhimpur, Siddharthnagar and Maharajganj, and asked them to dispatch a development against poachers.
His vigorous love for trees has transformed the Gorakhnath temple into an oasis in the concrete jungle. His supporters call him a ‘green saint’ who has planted various saplings of peepal, mango, banyan and Ashoka around the private complex situated on the sanctuary premises.
Aditya Nath has additionally planted various fragrant and therapeutic plants in the territory between the "muth" and the cowshed.
Dwarka Prasad, who runs stock shop close to the temple premises, said the main pastor holds gatherings with the general population under a tree.