Prayagraj: Prominent seers have expressed their displeasure over the comment of Samajwadi Party MP and former CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple Yadav, against the proposal of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad over non-Sanatanis not attending the Maha Kumbh or putting up their shops. ABAP president and Niranjani Akhara secretary, Mahant Ravindra Puri, said that Dimple is like a sister to all of us and she is from the clan of Lord Krishna. "She should explain the feelings of those who believe in Sanatan Dharma .

Such statements are not expected from her," he added. ABAP recently said that non-Sanatanis should not be allowed to open shops in the Maha Kumbh. This statement of the parishad has also been backed up by several prominent seers and both factions of the ABAP.

Mahant Ravindra Puri said that people "who spit in food items, if they are given the facility to put up their shops in the mela area, will work to corrupt our religion and practices". "We, Sanatan Dharmis, keep food clean and, in fact, do not eat the leftovers of even our family members. In such a situation, if this happens, our religion will be corrupted," he added.

Dimple Yadav recently said that those who are demanding that non-Sanatani (non-Hindus) should not be allowed in the mela area want to destroy the social fabric of our country and the ‘Ganga-Jamuni' tehzib. "These people are talking against the Constitution because they do not want the country to function as per the Constitution; rather, it should ru.