'I have never run after any post', says Yogi Adityanath on prime ministerial ambitions

"I am a simple worker of the BJP and perform the task given by the party to me," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said.

Lucknow: With rivals equating the Lakhimpur Kheri incident to the Jallianwala massacre to target the BJP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asserted that the law is taking its own course in the matter and the Opposition's attempt to derive political mileage in the polls will not succeed.

In an interview with PTI, Adityanath claimed the other parties were only fighting the polls for the second spot and said he was not at all worried about his own election from Gorakhpur Urban seat.

Asked if he has any prime ministerial ambition, the saffron-clad seer who is often dubbed as the poster boy of Hindutva answered: "I am a simple worker of the BJP and perform the task given by the party to me. I have never run after any post or chair."

The BJP's face in the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, Adityanath laughed when asked about the Samajwadi Party's claim of being a "nayi (new) SP".

The distribution of tickets to criminals, mafias and those assisting terrorists makes it amply clear that the party has not changed "even a bit", he said.