Yogi: It’s time to quarantine oppn leaders from politics for ever

After inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of 378 projects worth Rs 554 crore in Pratapgarh on Monday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the opposition leaders remained in quarantine for 20 out of 22 months of the ongoing novel coronavirus crisis and it was time to quarantine them from politics for ever.

Addressing a gathering in Pratapgarh during the Jan Vishwas Yatra, Yogi mounted a scathing attack on opposition parties, especially Samajwadi Party, saying that their entire politics revolved around family and dynasty in sharp contrast to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s people-centric policies.

“Of the three opposition parties, one is of brother and sister, the other is concerned with uncle and nephew (Chacha and Babua) and the third party is of aunt and nephew (Bua and Babua). What would happen to the state if a fight erupted between the uncle and the nephew for power in future?” he asked.

Taking a dig at Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav in the context of huge amounts of illegal cash recovered from his acquaintance Piyush Jain’s Kanpur home recently, the chief minister said: “Now, I understand why Babua was opposing demonetisation. The money acquired illegally by looting the poor had to come out sooner or later. However, people’s curse expedited the recovery process. The SP has been out of power for five years. Yet Rs 370 crore has tumbled out of their cupboards during the Income Tax Department and GST Intelligence raid. Actually, funds meant for development schemes for the poor were stashed by the previous government for personal benefits. The recovered money will now be invested in developmental schemes for the poor.”

The chief minister said that the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party governments ruled the country and the state for five decades yet not a single medical college was built in Pratapgarh during their regimes.

“On the contrary, the present BJP government has stood by the people of the state throughout the ongoing pandemic, providing free ration for the poor and the unprivileged,” he said.

Giving a detailed account of the works done by the BJP government for the people of Pratapgarh, Yogi remarked, “Our government is implementing a drinking water scheme in 120 villages of Pratapgarh. Now the sisters, daughters and daughters-in-law of these villages will not have to go out for water. The BJP government will implement this scheme in 50, 000 villages of the state later on.”

“The previous governments never paid any attention to the interests of the poor, widows and daughters, and instead indulged in vote bank politics in order to stay in power. They thought that banning Kanwar yatra and firing at innocent devotees of Ram in Ayodhya would fetch them votes. Contrarily, during our government, a grand Ram temple is being built in Ayodhya while renovated Vishwanath Dham has already been inaugurated in Kashi and kanwariyas are showered with flowers. Besides, our government has built 2.61 crore toilets. Women and girls in villages are being given Banking Correspondent Sakhi jobs and they are earning decent income sitting in their villages,” he reminded. 

 Yogi said that before 2017, riots, terror strikes and rampant corruption were common in the state. “However, situation has totally changed today and rioters know very well that if they continue riots, they will have to pay a heavy price for their actions for generations to come”, Yogi remarked and exhorted the congregation to get the Covid vaccine administered as soon as possible to protect themselves from the virus infection.