Congress slams presence of godmen at Fadnavis' swearing in

Mumbai: Congress on Friday objected to the presence of a galaxy of religious and spiritual leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of the Devendra Fadnavis ministry in Mumbai. “This was a government function but sadhus, saints, buwa-baba and maharajs (godmen) were present in a large number,” former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said, speaking to reporters after the event at the Wankhede Stadium here. [caption id=“attachment_1782447” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Devendra Fadnavis with Narendra Modi. PTI[/caption] “Is this not superstition?” asked the senior Congress leader, adding, “There were allegations that I encouraged superstition when Sathya Sai Baba visited the Varsha bungalow when I was the Chief Minister”. PTI