Yogi balancing 'cultural agenda' with Taj Mahal visit, US business meet

Yogi is scheduled to visit Taj Mahal and Agra Fort on October 26 to review tourism and development projects

After raising the pitch at Ayodhya with high octane religious and cultural programmes on the eve of Diwali last week, the Yogi Adityanath government is now gearing up for global branding of the forthcoming 2019 Ardh Kumbh in Allahabad.

Over the past few weeks, the Yogi government had on one hand fended criticism over non-inclusion of Taj Mahal from the state tourism booklet by waxing eloquent on the 17th century monument and its tourism potential, while on the other accelerated its cultural agenda with the Ayodhya extravaganza and Yogi’s visit to other religious and cultural spots, including Chitrakoot.

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