Swami Narendranand said that reservations were granted based on economic criteria. In Varanasi, saints held a meeting and resolved to free temples from government control.

A meeting of saints was held in Varanasi. It was presided over by Shankaracharya Narendranand Saraswati, the head of the Sumeru Peeth. The meeting discussed issues such as protection of religion, national defense, cow protection, security of Sanatan Samaj, freeing temples from government control, stopping religious conversions, and social harmony. The saints said that for the unity and integrity of the country, society needs to rise above caste divisions and unite. Shankaracharya Nare