After ensuring that Swami Ramdev and his Patanjali family would throw full weight behind the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the high-stake 2019 general election, the BJP president Amit Shah presided over the inauguration of the newly constructed building of Acharyakulum located along the National Highway on Thursday. Among others the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was present during the programme. What happened before it was a give and take. While Shah assured full support to Swami Ramdev in all his Swadeshi projects and formation of the proposed Vedic Education Board the latter by way of reciprocal gesture left no one in doubt that he and his followers would go all-out in lending support to Shah’s party at the upcoming hustings.
While Swami Ramdev likened Shah to Chanakya and King Chandragupta for his political sagacity and statesmanship a Sanskrit verse was chanted by the students of Acharyakulum on the stage which prayed for the triumphal march of the BJP president. An overwhelmed Swami Ramdev announced that the Vedic Education Board would be set up soon as was clear from the assurance and determination of Shah. He declared that the time is not far-off when glory of Takshshila and Nalanda would return to the ancient land as a result of which the Macaulay system of education would sink into oblivion. “Though we have not much of resources we are all set to usher in a revolution in the realm of education with the support of one and all,” he said.
While addressing the inaugural function at Yog Bhawan of Patanjali phase 2, packed with saints, students, volunteers of Bharat Swabhiman and camp participants, the BJP president said, “The inferiority complex set deep into the mind of the youths of India about their culture and education as compared to the Western education will soon vanish. The Acharyakulum founded by Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna pioneered the holistic education system which blends modern and ancient gurukul tradition of education with the accompaniment of technology.” He said, “A nation can hardly progress unless its education system is in sync with its culture,” Shah said.
He said that the works done by Swami Ramdev to the cause of Yoga and Swadeshi are exemplary. “Both Acharya and Ramdev worked on the principle of trusteeship espoused by Mahatma Gandhi. The focus of the nation is now trained on Swami Ramdev as to the expected revolution in the education system. The government on its part is standing solidly behind him in his noble crusade for the revival of our glorious tradition,” he said.
Shah further said that founding Acharyakulum with target of 10,000 students this year and one lakh in the near future is itself a herculean task.
Earlier, the RSS executive head Suresh Bhaiyyaji said that the whole nation is expectantly looking forward to Patanjali Acharyakulum elevating India to the status of Vishwaguru. “India during her history has never wanted to gain the status of Vishwaguru by imperial power but through spirited propagation of peace and welfare of all and sundry,” he said.
While Acharya Govind Dev invoked ancient India, saying that once every village had gurukulum the head of Juna Akhada Mahamandaleshwar Awdheshanand Giri said that Bharat was already on the path to become Vishwaguru. To buttress his point, he mentioned two recent declarations- International Yoga Day by United Nations and Kumbh Mela as heritage by UNESCO.