‘Those who speak truth are threatened with impeachment’: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath criticizes Opposition for impeachment notices, accuses Congress of double standards at World Hindu Economic Forum.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has hit out at the Opposition for initiating impeachment notices against Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Allahabad High Court's Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, saying "whoever speaks the truth" is threatened in this way.

Speaking at the World Hindu Economic Forum 2024 on Saturday (December 14, 2024), he also accused the Congress of practising double standards.

"Whoever speaks the truth, these people will pressurise him with impeachment (motions), and still they talk about the Constitution. Look at their double standards," he said.

"An Allahabad High Court judge said there should be a Uniform Civil Code, and the world over feelings of the majority community are respected," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said. What was a person's crime if he voiced these opinions, he asked.

"Shouldn't there be a Uniform Civil Code in the country? The world over, the system runs as per what the majority community says, and India is saying the discrimination between majority and minority communities should end. They (the Congress) will pressurise, because it is their old habit of strangulating the Constitution and managing the system of the country," Mr. Adityanath alleged.

As to the notice to impeach Mr. Dhankhar for his alleged partisan role as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the BJP leader said the Vice-President is doing his duty as presiding officer of the Upper House.

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