Yogi: SP had made UP ‘centre of crime, anarchy and riots’
Hindustan TimesLUCKNOW With an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2027 legislative assembly elections, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party for its Pichhda, Dalit and Alpsankhyak rant, saying the perception about Uttar Pradesh had changed after 2017 and the state was heading towards becoming a trillion-dollar economy. Taking pot shots at the SP, he said it had made Uttar Pradesh a “centre of crime, anarchy and riots.” Adityanath alleged that the “morale of criminals and land mafia in the state was high before 2017.” He said they all enjoyed the administration’s support, adding there were riots every second or third day. The state had drawn a line for others to follow and the UP government received investment proposals of ₹40 lakh crore through the Global Investors’ Summit-2023 organised here in February, said Adityanath. Quoting Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ from ‘Rashmi Rathi’ wherein Mahabharat warrior Karna questioned all those who raised the caste issue - “Janata jail ka shor machate, keval kayar krur”, Adityanath said the Samajwadi Party had been left with no issue, and so was talking about the caste issues. The CM also quoted former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s lines: “Aadmi sirf aadmi hota hai” to make his point that all the men are equal.