LUCK: Hitting the opposition, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday he alleged that “division is in the DNA” of these parties and that they are trying to create a gap in society along caste and community lines.
Addressing a virtual meeting of BJP officials as part of the preparations for the assembly by-election for the Deoria Sadar assembly constituency, he claimed that due to development activities undertaken under Bjp rule, the opposition parties they were frustrated and were using “all tricks” to smear their government.
By-elections for seven assembly seats, including Deoria, will be held in Uttar Pradesh on November 3. Six of the seats were held by the ruling BJP and one by the SP.
“The thinking of the rival parties is dirty and their intention is dangerous.
“The division is in their DNA. It was because of this thought process that they first divided the country, and now they are trying to divide society on the basis of caste, community and region. For them, the interest of their clan is of the utmost importance, while everything else is secondary, “Adityanath said, pointing to Congress and other rival parties.
Raising the issue of development under the BJP, he said that “the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which have ruled the state for 15 years, have only corruption and anarchy as their achievement.
“From time to time, these parties have strangled democracy and the Constitution. Its development was limited solely to slogans and speeches. ”
The BJP leader said “real development” began six years ago with the formation of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Due to the comprehensive development, the popularity of BJP is continuously increasing and there is a feeling of positivity in the public.
“In this case, the unhappiness of these (opposition) parties has turned into frustration. As a result, they are trying to resort to all tricks to smear the government. However, their intentions will never be fulfilled, ”he said.
Referring to the problem of encephalitis, the UP prime minister said that from 1977 to 2017, the disease claimed the lives of more than 50,000 people, most of them children.
“Nobody had ever raised their voice. In a span of just three years, we are on our way to eradicating encephalitis,” he said.
Referring to Deoria, Adityanath said: “Devraha Baba’s sacred land was known as the sugar mill. The economy of the area was based on sugar cane. Ask them why in their possession one after another the sugar mills age at crazy prices.”
Devraha Baba, who died on June 19, 1990, was a revered ascetic who lived by the Yamuna River in Mathura. He was known as “Yogi without age”.
UP BJP chief Swatantradev Singh also addressed party workers, according to a statement released by UP BJP.
The seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where the by-elections will be held on November 3 include Naugaon, which was vacated after the death of Minister Chetan Chauhan.
The by-election was necessary in Ghatampur (Kanpur) as the acting MLA and Minister Kamal Rani Varun died, while in Tundla (Firozabad) the acting MLA, SP Singh Baghel, was elected to Lok Sabha.
The Bangarmau (Unnao) seat was vacated following the conviction of Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
The Bulandshahr, Deoria and Malhani seats will have by-elections due to the disappearance of incumbent MPs Virendra Singh Sirohi, Janmejay Singh and Parasnath Yadav (SP).
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