Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a scathing attack at the Congress over the Malegaon blast case on Wednesday and accused the party of “encouraging” and “nurturing” terrorists, and falsely implicating members of Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and other Hindu outfits in the blast case during its regime.
He also demanded an apology from Congress for this ‘mischief’ against the nation.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of development projects worth Rs 196.22 crore in Farrukhabad on Wednesday, Yogi said, “The Congress has ruled the nation for maximum time. In a recent statement by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorists Squad, it was revealed that BJP and RSS members were framed in false cases in the Malegaon blast. The Congress should apologise to the entire nation for this misdeed (‘Congress ko desh ke khilaf is shararat ke liye maafi maangni chahiye). During Congress rule, the party played with the security of the nation.”
Taking a dig at the opposition parties over the recovery of unaccounted cash in a raid by tax agencies, the chief minister said that the previous governments looted the money of the poor.
“Bundles of currency notes are coming out from the walls. Now you must have understood why ‘Babua’ had been opposing demonetisation. The money for development work was used for corruption during the earlier regime while now funds are being spent on welfare schemes. All characters of Mahabharat -- chacha, bhatija -- fanned out for extortion in job recruitments during the previous government’s tenure. It never worked for the poor, youth or farmers. Not a single poor person got housing in the SP government and now the BJP has provided accommodation to the people,” he said.
Over free vaccines and free ration that is being provided by the state government, Yogi maintained, “The double engine government is providing double benefits of free ration to the people. This is what happens when there is a good government. Had it been a Samajwadi Party or Bahujan Samaj Party government, then all the money meant for people’s welfare would have gone into their personal accounts.”
“The BJP government helped the poor during the lockdowns when the pandemic was at its peak but leaders and workers of other parties were in ‘home quarantine’. As soon as our government was formed, the loans of farmers were waived. Ask ‘Bua-Babua’ where those people were in the COVID-19 crisis,” the chief minister told the gathering.
Yogi also announced to connect Farrukhabad with Ganga Expressway through a link expressway.