Akhilesh attacks BJP’s ‘gai and gobar’ politics
The BJP government led by Yogi Adityanath was only indulging in politics of “gai and gobar” and spreading religious hatred, former chief minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday.
He also accused the Adityana th government of taking credit for projects completed during the tenure of SP government, which was ousted from power in a BJP sweep earlier this year.
The BJP gave the slogan of making India fully digital but was actually into “gai and gobar” (cow and cow-dung), Yadav said in an apparent swipe at a series of steps taken by the ruling government to protect cows.
“Is this how you are going to take the country forward?” he asked at the Shikhar Samagam, an annual conclave organised by the Hindi daily Hindustan.
“It’s all about having the right aptitude. People have their own limitations and abilities. I will not be able to recite ‘mantras’ (hymns) if you ask me to do so. It’s as simple as that ,” he said, in a reference to UPC M’ s background as a temple priest.
He said the BJP government was taking credit for SP government’s initiatives. “I was surprised when I read that the UP CM was about to inaugurate a women-cum-children hospital in Lucknow and a modern sports complex in Allahabad. These projects have already been inaugurated by us ,” he said.