Bhupender Yadav plants saplings in Alwar under 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam'
Synopsis
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav joined the Vadnagar–Varanasi Seva Sankalp Yatra in Alwar, Rajasthan, to plant saplings under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign, framing PM Modi's life journey as a model of service and nation-building.
Key Takeaways
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav participated in a tree-plantation event in Alwar, Rajasthan on 27 September 2026 .
The planting was held under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam (One Tree in Mother's Name) campaign, launched by PM Modi in 2024 .
The event was part of the Vadnagar–Varanasi Seva Sankalp Yatra , a BJP outreach journey tracing PM Modi's biographical route from his birthplace to his constituency.
Yadav described PM Modi's life journey as 'an inspiring story of service, dedication and nation-building.' The yatra aims to carry that message of service and commitment to citizens across the route.
A tree-planting stop in Alwar, Rajasthan, on Sunday, 27 September 2026, brought Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav together with participants of the Vadnagar–Varanasi Seva Sankalp Yatra for a sapling-planting session under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam (One Tree in Mother's Name) campaign.
Posting on X, Yadav wrote that 'Pradhanmantri Shri Narendra Modi ji ki Vadnagar se Varanasi tak ki jeevan yatra seva, samarpan aur rashtra nirman ki prerendayee yatra hai' — 'Prime Minister Modi's life journey from Vadnagar to Varanasi is an inspiring story of service, dedication and nation-building.' He added that the yatra carries the same spirit to every citizen.
What the Seva Sankalp Yatra is about
The Vadnagar–Varanasi Seva Sankalp Yatra is an outreach journey tracing the biographical arc of Prime Minister Modi — from his birthplace in Vadnagar, Gujarat, to his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Organisers have framed the route as a living metaphor for service and national development, carrying that message through towns and districts along the way. Alwar was one such stop on the route through Rajasthan.
'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' — the campaign behind the plantation
The Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign was launched by Prime Minister Modi in 2024 to tie large-scale tree plantation to personal and cultural sentiment — asking every citizen to dedicate a sapling to their mother. The initiative has since been integrated into a wide range of public events and government outreach programmes. By embedding the plantation drive inside the Seva Sankalp Yatra, the BJP is deploying both environmental messaging and biographical storytelling in a single public act.
As Environment Minister, Yadav has been the political face of the campaign, regularly participating in planting events across the country. Sunday's session in Alwar follows that pattern — using a politically resonant yatra to broaden the campaign's grassroots reach in a state where the BJP governs.
Whether the saplings planted along the yatra route are tracked for survival — a longstanding challenge for India's mass plantation drives — will be the quiet test of whether the symbolic gesture translates into durable green cover.
Point of View
A Rajasthan-based leader, joining the yatra in Alwar doubles as a home-state visibility exercise. The convergence of a plantation drive with a yatra that literally maps Modi's life story signals that environmental messaging in this administration is rarely just environmental — it is biographical and political storytelling dressed in green.
NationPress
27 Sept 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign?
The 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' (One Tree in Mother's Name) campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024 to encourage citizens to plant a sapling dedicated to their mother, combining environmental action with personal and cultural sentiment.
What is the Vadnagar–Varanasi Seva Sankalp Yatra?
It is a BJP-organised outreach journey from Vadnagar, Gujarat — PM Modi's birthplace — to Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, framing his life story as a model of service, dedication and national development.
Why did Bhupender Yadav plant trees in Alwar?
Alwar was a stop on the Seva Sankalp Yatra route through Rajasthan. Yadav joined yatra participants there to conduct a sapling-planting session under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign.
What is Bhupender Yadav's role in the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign?
As Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav is the political face of the campaign and regularly participates in plantation events across India to drive public participation.
Where is Vadnagar, and why is it significant to the yatra?
Vadnagar is a town in Gujarat and the birthplace of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The yatra begins there to symbolically trace his journey of service and nation-building through to Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency.
