The seers associated with Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad, the apex body of the sects of sadhus, would meet the President and the Prime Minister soon to urge them to take initiatives to locate the missing seer Mahant Mohan Das, ABAP’s national spokesperson. Besides, they would launch an indefinite sit-in at Har Ki Pauri if police fail to locate Das in two days. The decisions were taken at the meeting attended by the representatives of all the 13 akhadas held at Bada Udaseen Akhada here on Monday.
After the meeting-convened to firm up the future course of action with police failing to locate the missing seer- was over, ABAP’s national secretary Mahant Hari Giri said that the seers would embark on an indefinite sit-in at Har Ki Pauri. “Ministers and police have dished out assurances galore in the past few days. Now we are setting a deadline. If police fail to locate Das in two days the sit-in would begin. We have conveyed our decision to CO City,” he said.
National president of the seers’ outfit, Mahant Narendra Giri said, “The seers would take Sankalp (pledge) at 4 pm tomorrow at Har Ki Pauri and pray for the wellbeing of Mahant Mohan Das who has remained missing since September 17.”
Giri further said, “Now it is do or die situation for us. CO city J P Juyal has assured us that the seer would be traced in two days. If they fail we would be left with on option other than to stage the sit-in,” he said. “We were for a CBI probe. But the Chief Minister himself suggested formation of a SIT to probe the matter and we accepted,” he added.