Terming Congress a “dead snake” and the “root of terrorism, extremism, communal riots and corruption”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that with the cooperation of able leaders like Dinesh Pratap Singh, Aditi Singh, and new entrant Rakesh Pratap Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party was working towards the overall development of Rae Bareilly and “sweeping out” negativity along with Congress.
Addressing a public meeting in Rae Bareli while inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 381 developmental projects worth Rs 834 crore, the chief minister said: “After MLAs Dinesh Pratap Singh and Aditi Singh, Rakesh Pratap Singh from Harchandpur has also formally joined the BJP today. With his support, I am sure the task of uprooting the Congress from Rae Bareli will be done and Rae Bareli will witness overall development.”
In a fierce attack on the Congress party, the chief minister said that in Rae Bareli, Rana Benimadhav ji never accepted foreign rule but despite this, why were the people compelled to wrap a dead snake-like Congress around our neck?”
Mounting an attack on the grand old party once again for falsifying the existence of Hindu gods, the chief minister said that when the Congress used to form government, it instigated hatred against Lord Ram and Lord Krishna and the people of the country should not have tolerated it.
"It was during the Congress rule in 2005 that people tried to demolish Ram Setu. Those who falsified the existence of Lord Ram are seeking public support. But today, the public representatives are joining the BJP one by one because we respect the faith of the people," he said.
Taking a jibe at Samajwadi Party, the chief minister said that the people of the state now comment that Samajwadi Party means 'Jis gaadi me koi Sapa ka jhanda, samjho usme baitha koi gunda’. Even when the prime minister came to flag off the metro rail in Kanpur Nagar, the SP workers were conspiring to incite a riot.”
Coming down heavily on the previous governments over seizure of unaccounted cash, the chief minister said, today, JCB was scooping out piles of currency notes that were swallowed by the corrupt for their own benefits.
“Earlier, the money for public welfare used to go into the pockets of those in power. Before 2017, houses were never allotted for the poor, after 2017 we have given 43 lakh houses till now. The people who gave the slogan of ‘Samajwadi Attra’ used to spread the stench of corruption in reality. Now, you must have understood why these people used to oppose demonetisation.”
Announcing that the prime minister would transfer the amount of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi to the accounts of about 2.54 crore farmers of the state on January 1, the chief minister further said that on January 3, an amount of Rs 1,000 each would be transferred to the accounts of about 4.5 crore workers, on January 5, Rs 1,000 would be transferred to the account of one crore destitute women, old people and divyangjans. He said this work could also be done by ‘bua’ and ‘babua’ but they did not do it.
Extending his wishes to people on New Year eve, the chief minister also assured the people that the government was standing with them in tough times.
“Amid the speculations of the third wave of COVID-19, you don’t need to panic as the Central and state governments are standing with you. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Covid vaccine is available free of cost to the people in the country,” he said.