New Delhi, June 22 -- A Delhi BJP youth wing worker's act of faith has taken him across three states on foot, with his pilgrimage starting from Delhi to Kolkata, now in its final phase.
Avaneesh Pandey is expected to reach Kolkata's Kalighat Temple on June 24 or 25, completing a pilgrimage that started from the pledge he made ahead of the Bengal Assembly elections.
Pandey's foot march traces back to February 16, when, ahead of the Bengal elections, he visited the Kali Bari temple on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg near the BJP headquarters in Delhi. After offering prayers, he made two pledges: first, that he would not wear shoes or slippers until the BJP won the Bengal elections; and second, that he would undertake a foot pilgrimage from Delhi K...