Boris Johnson to visit Sabarmati Ashram, Akshardham temple

The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), the organisation that has built the Akshardham temples, has one in Neasden, the most popular Hindu temple in Britain.

Later, he is expected to fly to Halol to visit the JCB manufacturing plant in Halol of Panchamahals district from where he will return to Ahmedabad and visit
the under-construction Gujarat Biotechnology University (GBU) at GIFT City in Gandhinagar.

The only businessman Johnson is scheduled to meet is Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group. According to sources, the meeting will be be held at Adani’s office on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.

The government release stated that Johnson will interact with the research scholars, laboratory technicians, and faculty members at GBU, where he will be informed about the objectives and work of the university.

GBU was established by the Gujarat government’s science and technology department, in which Edinburgh University is a collaborator. GBU will, help establishing priority of meaningful partnership in the field of higher education between the two countries, the release stated.