Parties doing politics in the name of JP and Lohia colluding with Congress, says Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 25 targeted the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Janata Dal and other Opposition parties and alleged that while these parties called themselves followers of socialists Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, they were colluding with the Congress, which trampled democracy by imposing Emergency and against which these socialists fought. “People doing politics in the name of JP and Lohia are with the Congress, today which weakened democracy by declaring Emergency in the country on June 25, 1975. In 2004, the Congress did not want the support of the SP, still the latter supported it,” said Mr. Adityanath in Noida, while inaugurating and laying foundation stone for development projects worth ₹1,719 crore. He added, “On one side India is touching new heights of development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and getting global respect, on the other side Pakistan, which separated from India, is struggling for every loaf of bread and will have the same fate due to its misdeeds like the mafia had in Uttar Pradesh.” Mr. Adityanath claimed that perception about Gautam Buddha Nagar and Noida had changed in the last six years of the BJP rule, with people from everywhere visiting the city.