Why Sant Kabir Nagar priest wont issue edict till May 19?

MAGHAR (KABIRNAGAR): Sitting inside a serene centuries-old hut-turned-temple where poet-saint Kabir once lived, Guru Vichar Das is calm and clinical in his view about netas or which party could emerge victorious on May 23. This is the only place in India where a memorial houses both a temple and mazaar without any boundary in between after Hindus and Muslims fought over Kabir’s mortal remains and how the last rites should be performed 600 years ago.
Yet, Vichar Das insists he or the saints living in premises would never issue an edict pledging support to any political party.Citing ‘dohas’ of Kabir, he said, “Jo mohi jaane, tah mai jaanu. Lok bet ka kaha na manoon (Those who know me, I also know them). He also said, “Kabira khada bazaar mein maange sabki khair, na kahoo se dosti, na kahoo se bair (An ascetic doesn’t have any friends or foes).” Over last two months, top political leaders — BSP’s Kushal Tripathi, BJP’s Praveen Nishad and Congress’ Bhal Chandra — visited the shrine to seek blessings.
“Har party se log aate hain. Hum logon ka aadar karte hain. Par humne niyam banaya hai ki kisi ko publicly support nahi dete,” said Vichar, who was first named Bechan (derivate of bechna — sell off) as kids would die of epidemic and were sold off.
Several Kabir quotes, homilies and sermons are abundantly painted across the walls, seeking renunciation of desires and communion with God. Vichar, however, insists he was impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-hour visit to the site in June 2018 when he announced more than Rs 400 crore projects, including a museum-cum library, four-lane road and sound-and-light show at Maghar.
Modi visited Maghar on the occasion of Kabir’s 620th anniversary. He paid obeisance to Kabir’s mausoleum and offered chadar. He also addressed a public meeting in the presence of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders.
“Modi ji took me along for a walk from the temple and reminded me how he would organise Kabir events in Bharuch. I told him I would come there quite often and had met him,” said Vichar. His colleagues and other saints in the ashram say that an electric crematorium should be built in the area as pyre smoke was choking residents.
“Though Kabirpanthi people strictly believe in Samadhi, some seek funeral. We want that the once pristine Aami river should be restored,” says Amarjit Das, who sells literature at the shrine. The Kabirpanthi sect has a following among Hindu saints and Muslims, particularly weavers (julahas). In UP, at least 30 lakh weavers are spread across the state.