Adityanath ridicules oppn unity bid ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ridiculed Saturday the opposition unity efforts ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, saying non-bjp parties were ganging up to create political instability in the country, a charge refuted by the Congress.

“The opposition is worried that the BJP is gaining from strength to strength. They are opposed to development and have been ganging up to join hands with the only aim to take on the saffron party,” the firebrand BJP Hindutva leader said at an event by a media house.

The chief minister said the people were hopeful that a grand Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya in the state and “Lord Ram will decide its date”.

Slamming the opposition parties, the chief minister said, “Their only aim is to create political instability in the country so that they can fish in troubled waters.”

His comments at the ‘Hindustan Shikhar Samagam’ came against the backdrop of efforts to stich an alliance among the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress in Uttar Pradesh with an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

“The opposition is against development and its only target is to dislodge the BJP from power,” he said.

Adityanath sought to poke fun at the opposition parties, saying they were not clear as to who will lead the alliance. “They cannot project any leader who can head the alliance,” he said.

“A grand Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya. The people are very hopeful. Ramji will decide its date. But, it will be built definitely,” the saffronclad chief minister said.

The BJP will fight the Lok Sabha polls in 2019 on the plank of development, he said and exuded confidence the party will retain power under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“The BJP will again come to power at the Centre and under the able leadership of the prime minister, we will put up a grand show in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,” Aditynath said.