Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said it is for the country to decide whether sugarcane will increase sweetness or whether the followers of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah will create havoc in the state. Samajwadi Party (SP).
Adityanath is targeting the opposition after attending the foundation laying ceremony Noida International Airport in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar In the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said that the state is moving ahead on the path of development and highlighted the various efforts of the government. ns BJP The leader also thanked over 7,000 farmers who gave their consent for the acquisition of their land for the airport without any dispute.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the foundation stone laying ceremony of Noida International Airport, in Jewar. (AP)
“Some people had tried to link the bitterness with a series of riots in the sugarcane region (western parts) of Uttar Pradesh. Now the country has to decide whether the sweetness of sugarcane will increase or Jinnah’s followers will do mischief,” Adityanath said while addressing a crowd of thousands.
SP leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav last month compared Jinnah to Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, saying all of them helped India achieve independence.
His remarks had invited strong criticism from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), among others.
Adityanath said that Uttar Pradesh is scaling new heights under Modi’s leadership, be it public welfare schemes that reach everyone without any discrimination or creating new infrastructure for development or respecting people’s trust.
“The whole perception of Uttar Pradesh has changed that the state can progress and develop,” he said.