The Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar today said that education is the medium which brings changes and eradicates the evils and bad practices of the society. He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Sainik School in Gorakhpur this morning. He was on one day tour of Uttar Pradesh.

While inaugrating the Sainik School in Gorakhpur, the Vice President said that he is delighted to come to Gorakhpur Sainik School as he himself is an alumni of Sainik School Chittaurgarh.

Praising the infrastructure of the newly built school, the Vice President said that this Sainik School has one of the best facilities and infrastructure, setting an example for other Sainik schools and military schools of the country.

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath said on the occasion that Gorakhpur is centre for education and health facilities for the population of around three crores which lives in adjoining Nepal, western Bihar and Poorvanchal region. Gorakhpur is giving new identity to the development of the eastern Uttar Pradesh in various fields and it is a dream destination now.

The Gorakhpur Sainik school is a dream project of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and it is the first Sainik School in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and the second Sainik School run by the Uttar Pradesh Sainik School Society.

Later The Vice President presided as the chief guest at a two-day national seminar on ‘Rishi Tradition in Modern Life’ organized at Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyang State University at Chitrakoot.