Patna sources have stated that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appears to have reservations. In Bihar's Darbhanga for a function to mark three years of the Narendra Modi government, the Chief Minister commended the Prime Minister's practice of gifting Bhagwad Gita and the Indian epic Ramayan to foreign dignitaries.
Previously he said the Presidents and Prime Ministers of India would gift
souvenirs and the gifts which are given to them were Agra's Taj Mahal and it
has no connection with the Indian culture and tradition.
Yogi Adityanath said "This is the first time this has happened that when India's Prime minister Narendra Modi goes abroad, or any foreign president visits India, he is gifted the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita or Ramayan". He added whenever Ramayan is gifted to any foreign president, it shows the history of Bihar. Indian is a country with rich heritage as eminent poets and pundits.
