Ex-minister Meenakshi Lekhi injured during Kailash Mansarovar yatra: Official
An official said that Meenakshi Lekhi was safely brought back into Indian territory from Tibet and is recuperating at the ITBP camp at Gunji, in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.
Pithoragarh: Former Union minister of state Meenakshi Lekhi, who was part of the second batch of pilgrims undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the Lipulekh Pass, had to cut short her journey after sustaining an injury at Darchen, the starting point of the Mount Kailash parikrama in Tibet.
According to Pithoragarh district officials, the former New Delhi MP fell from a horse at Darchen, located just across the border in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was then safely brought back into Indian territory and is currently recuperating at the ITBP camp at Gunji in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.
Pithoragarh district information officer Santosh Chand said, “She has been brought to the Gunji camp by ITBP after Chinese officials handed her over at Lipulekh following her injury at Darchen, which marks the starting point of the Kailash parikrama.”
Jitendra Verma, sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Dharchula, said, “She is currently under the supervision of ITBP doctors at the Gunji camp. The facility offers adequate lodging and boarding arrangements. She will be airlifted to a higher medical centre on Friday morning, weather permitting.”
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, considered one of the most sacred and challenging pilgrimages in Hinduism, is organised annually by the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam and other agencies
