Union minister Satya Pal Singh Baghel kicks off yatra from Peetambara Peeth

BHOPAL: Union minister of state for law and justice, Satya Pal Singh Baghel kicked off his Jan Ashirvad Yatra on Monday from

Shri Peetambara Peeth

, the famous Shaktipeeth devoted to Mother Goddess in Datia, and also visited parts of Datia and Gwalior districts to seek blessings of the public and propagate welfare schemes of the centre pertaining to social and health issues.

Two newly-inducted ministers Jyotiraditya

Scindia

and Virendra Kumar will also begin the yatra from August 17 and 19 respectively.

"I am happy that I would tour three Lok Sabha constituencies during my Jan Ashirvad Yatra. Today I visited Datia and Gwalior districts of Madhya Pradesh on the first day of Yatra. I also shared information with the people about the achievements and the works of the Modi government," said Baghel.

Baghel reached Datia from Agra where was welcomed by state home minister Narottam Mishra, MP Sandhya Rai and the party workers. The yatra began from local Gahoi Dharamshala, where the minister gave information about the welfare schemes of the Centre and state governments.

The yatra covered Goraghat through Sitapur to reach Dabra in Gwalior district where it was welcomed by former minister Imarti Devi. The minister will begin his second day of yatra from Gwalior to reach Morena.

Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will also begin his Jan Ashirvad Yatra from Dewas on Tuesday. He will seek blessings from the public in Shajapur, Khargone and

Indore

when the yatra will cover a distance of 584 kms. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will join Scindia in the yatra on August 18 in Khargone.

Union minister for social justice and empowerment Virendra Kumar Khatik will begin his Jan Ashirwad Yatra from Gwalior on August 19 and cover a distance of 589 km. BJP state president Vishnu Dutt Sharma will join Virendra Kumar in Bhopal on August 20.