They avoided, but now compelled to take Ram’s name: Yogi
CM distributes tablets, smartphones in Ayodhya and Gorakhpur
LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday attacked the Samajwadi Party (SP) over the Ram temple issue and targeted the Congress government in Rajasthan for not doing enough during the second wave of Covid-19 to ensure the safe return of Uttar Pradesh’s 15,000 students from Kota. He added that these students were brought back home safely by the BJP government despite resistance by the Ashok Gehlot government.
The chief minister was addressing gatherings in Ayodhya and Gorakhpur where he distributed smartphones and tablets to about 3000 students.
“They used to avoid taking the name of Lord Ram. Now, they are compelled to take Ram’s name,” he said in an apparent reference to the Samajwadi Party in Ayodhya. He also inaugurated Rs 49.74 lakh Integrated Traffic Management System for Ayodhya under which 10 prominent crossings in the city will have traffic signals, 14 will have public address systems and four will have free Wi-Fi systems.
The chief minister assured that Ayodhya would be developed into a world class city, so much so that people will say “muskuraiya ki app Ayodhya mein hai (Smile because you are in Ayodhya).” The chief minister also laid the foundation stone of a Ayodhya Development Authority housing project that will come up on the 14-Kosi Parikrama route.
“Now, opposition leaders are also talking about visiting Ayodhya,” he said. In Gorakhpur, he inaugurated 20 projects worth Rs 62 crore. These included a hotel management institute.
Continuing his attack during the Ayodhya visit, he said , “Under previous governments, there used to be riots every third day (in UP). Now, even after five years, there has been no riot.”
“Some people are seeing Lord Krishna in their dreams. Lord must be cursing these people as when they were in power, the first riot took place in Mathura. Then after sometime, Jawahar Bagh incident happened,” Adityanath said.
At an event organised at the Government Inter College in Ayodhya, chief minister distributed tablets and smartphones to students of Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, Saket PG College, Government Polytechnic and ITI among others.
In Gorakhpur, smartphones and tablets were distributed to 1,000 students. Twenty-two students received tablets and smartphones on stage from the CM.