By Admin 
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar district reacted during the Republic Day program on Monday (26 January 2026) regarding the ongoing controversy over Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati’s Ganga bath in Prayagraj. While giving a statement on this matter, Rakesh Tikait has said that Shankaracharya should be given a bath because if the saint farmer gets angry then the country will suffer heavily. This country is a country of agriculture and sages. Whenever sages and agriculture are tampered with, there will be a stir.
Actually, there is a lot of politics going on in Prayagraj on the ongoing Shankaracharya controversy regarding Ganga bath, due to which now farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has also jumped into this matter. He has said in clear words that Shankaracharya ji should be given a bath in the Ganga because if the saints and farmers of the country are angry then the country will suffer heavily.
Shankaracharya ji should be given a bath – farmer leader Rakesh Tikait
Let us tell you that today a grand program was organized in Purkaji area of the district on the occasion of Republic Day. In which Rakesh Tikait, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union also participated. During this, while talking to the media on the ongoing Shankaracharya controversy in Prayagraj, he said that Shankaracharya ji should be given a bath. If the saints get angry and the farmers get angry then it will cost the country a lot. This country is a country of sages and agriculture. Whenever sages and agriculture are tampered with, there will be a stir.
What was the matter of Shankaracharya’s controversy?
Let us tell you that the Ganga bathing controversy of Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in the Magh Mela of Prayagraj came to light after the confrontation between the administration and him on the day of Mauni Amavasya. On this day, lakhs of devotees come to take bath at Sangam bank but the administration said that due to crowd control and security, there is no special VIP protocol or separate permission on that day and everyone will have to follow the rules. The administration claims that Avimukteshwaranand and about 200 of his supporters went to the bathing place in a palanquin without prior permission and broke the barricades, causing problems for crowd management.
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