Akhilesh Yadav brands Yogi Adityanath as communal, uncivilised CM
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Responding to Yogi Adityanath's remarks that Uttar Pradesh had lost its identity before 2017 and regained it under the BJP, Yadav said the current dispensation was attempting to deflect attention from governance failures.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday launched a sharp attack on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his recent criticism of the pre-2017 state government, calling him "the most communal, undemocratic and uncivilised Chief Minister" and a "fake yogi".
Responding to Yogi Adityanath’s remarks that Uttar Pradesh had lost its identity before 2017 and regained it under the BJP, Yadav said the current dispensation was attempting to deflect attention from governance failures.
"It has been said about the Samajwadi Party that they go to the graves of mafias and read their fate, and they have made such statements. This should not be a communal, undemocratic, and uncivilised government, which is to be seen in Uttar Pradesh today," he said.
"The day the truth is shown, their game will be over," he said, asserting that key investments and infrastructure projects in the state were initiated during the SP regime.
Listing projects undertaken during his tenure, Yadav cited power plants, including supercritical units, metro rail projects in cities such as Lucknow and Kanpur, improvements to Green Park Stadium, Dial 100 emergency response services, ambulance expansion and financial allocations to medical colleges.
He also credited the SP government’s electronics manufacturing policy for attracting mobile companies to Noida and investments such as those linked to Samsung and Shiv Nadar.
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