Swami Jitendranand Saraswati

Swami Jitendranand Saraswati
Swami Jitendranand Saraswati
Born	February 25, 1972; Khadda, Kushinagar district,; Uttar Pradesh, British Raj
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Swami Jitendranand Saraswati,; Acharya Jitendra
Citizenship	Indian
Education	Post Graduate
Alma mater	Gorakhpur University
Occupation	Environmental Activist
Known for	Save Ganga Crusader
Website	gangamahasabha.ओर्ग

Swami Jitendranand (born 25 February 1975), also known as Acharya Jitendra, is religious saint, religious leader, monk, environmentalist activist, and he is the General Secretary of an NGO named Ganga Mahasabha founded by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1905.He is also serving as General secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti,a highest body of Hindu society of religious saint,leader and spiritual gurus,apart from this,He is founder of Hind-Baloch Forum,an organisation dedicated to freedom of Balochistan and sacred Hindu Pilgrimage Hinglaj pith.He has organised many seminar for Baloch freedom struggle throughout India.

He is working for Ganga since 2000. He is a well known Social Activist(Environmentalist) in India. It was his effort to convince Mr. Lal Krishna Advani[1] in 2008 to compel the Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri to abandon all state hydro-dam projects on the Ganga and persuade Professor Guru Das Agrawal G. D. Agrawal to give up his fast within 24 hours. In 2010 again, Acharya Jitendra played a crucial role to stop the Loharinag Pala Hydel Project – On The Ganga. As K.N. Govinda said he worked behind the scenes for three years, interfacing with people and like Baba Ramdev and Acharya Jitendra, environmentalists and politicians of all hues. He even approached senior Congress leaders for their support. When a favourable atmosphere was created, he met Pranab Mukherjee, leading a delegation of the Ganga Mahasabha. He then spoke to senior Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajnath Singh, who persuaded CM Ramesh Pokhriyal to write to the PM, asking him to scrap the Loharinag Pala project.[2]

References

"Abandon dam projects on Ganga: Advani tells Khanduri Copyright Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
Kang, Bhavdeep (11 September 2010). tehelka.com. Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/these-are-the-men-who-stopped-a-dam-the-loharinag-pala-hydel-project-on-the-ganga-this-is-how-they-did-it. Retrieved 11 September 2010. These Are The Men Who Stopped A Dam – The Loharinag Pala Hydel Project – On The Ganga. This Is How They Did It Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[1] "Abandon dam projects on Ganga: Advani tells Khanduri Copyright Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.

[2] Kang, Bhavdeep (11 September 2010). tehelka.com. Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/these-are-the-men-who-stopped-a-dam-the-loharinag-pala-hydel-project-on-the-ganga-this-is-how-they-did-it. Retrieved 11 September 2010. These Are The Men Who Stopped A Dam – The Loharinag Pala Hydel Project – On The Ganga. This Is How They Did It Missing or empty |title= (help)