PRIYANKA SUPPORTING RIOTERS: DY CM

LUCKNOW : Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Monday said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was supporting the rioters who had unleashed violence in various districts of the state during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) earlier this month.

LUCKNOW: Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Monday said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was supporting the rioters who had unleashed violence in various districts of the state during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) earlier this month.

Addressing a press conference immediately after Priyanka launched an attack on chief minister Yogi Adityanath over his ‘revenge against protesters’ remark, Sharma alleged that Congress leader had distorted the statement of the chief minister.

After violence, the chief minister had stated that the state government will penalise those who damaged government property. Priyanka Gandhi had referred to Adityanath’s saffron robes and asked him to follow Hinduism as there was no place for revenge and violence in that religion. Sharma said Priyanka had no knowledge of Hinduism, saffron dress and its tradition. She was trying to malign saffron, he said. Sharma further said, Yogi Adityanath did not need lessons on Hinduism, he observed his religion.

“In the name of appeasing minorities, she is supporting rioters, people who pelted stones, damaged public property and rained bullets on the policemen. Later, the police seized bullets and revolvers from them,” Sharma said.

The deputy chief minister alleged that Priyanka Gandhi was disrespecting Hinduism and indulging in vote bank politics.

Sharma also said, “The Congress and the Samajwadi Party are trying to outdo each other in proving themselves as supporters of a ‘special section’. “Today, when there is peace in the state, these people are trying to surpass each other by spreading propaganda,” he said.