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  • “Jinnahwadis” fire bullets on followers of Ram: Yogi Adityanath 

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Hours after he hit out at SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for “comparing” Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, November 1, 2021, said “Jinnahwadis” used to fire bullets on the followers of Lord Ram, but under the BJP-led dispensation, the enemies of the country and those who try to harm innocent citizens are targeted.

    Addressing a function of the “Nath Sampradaya” in Piyala village in Haryana’s Faridabad district, Adityanath said, “When you support good people, the society and the country benefit from it.”

    “Remember that if the country had not made Narendra Modi the prime minister in 2014, what would have happened. There would have been anarchy. Sometimes Pakistan, sometimes China, Naxalites would have cast an evil eye. The terrorists in Kashmir, who were spreading disorder, would have spread it even more,” he said.

    The BJP leader said the provisions Article 370 of the Constitution, which was the “mother of terrorism”, were abrogated.

    “Not only this, a solution was found to the Ayodhya dispute, which was going on for 500 years, paving the way for the construction of a grand Ram temple,” he added.

    “Just think, if the BJP was not there, if Modiji was not the prime minister and if the BJP was not in power in Uttar Pradesh, would all this have been possible?” he asked the gathering.

    Adityanath accused the previous governments of firing bullets on the followers of Lord Ram and said, “They are the same people, knowingly or unknowingly, this comes out of their mouth. It is the Jinnahwadis who fire bullets on Ram bhakts. And when these Jinnahwadis will come to power, they will again fire bullets on Ram bhakts. But now, bullets will be fired on terrorists and not on Ram bhakts. Bullets will be fired on India’s enemies, those who attack innocent citizens and not on Ram bhakts, Krishna bhakts…,” he said.

    Earlier in the day, speaking at a programme in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad, Adityanath hit out at Yadav for “comparing” Jinnah with Patel, saying it is Talibani mentality that believes in breaking the society.

    At a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi on Sunday, Yadav spoke of Mahatma Gandhi, Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah in the same breath as leaders who fought for the country’s independence, drawing the BJP’s criticism.

    “I was listening to Akhileshji’s statement. He was comparing Jinnah, who divided the country, with Sardar Patel, who brought the nation together. This is a shameful statement,” Adityanath said in Moradabad.

  • Yogi Adityanath hits out at Akhilesh Yadav for ‘comparing’ Jinnah with Sardar Patel

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday attacked Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for “comparing” Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, saying Talibani mentality believed in breaking the society.

    Yadav on Sunday spoke of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah in the same breath as leaders who fought for India’s independence, prompting a criticism from the BJP.

    “I was listening to Akhilesh ji’s statement yesterday. He was comparing Jinnah, who divided the country, with Sardar Patel, who brought the nation together. This is a shameful statement,” Adityanath said in a programme in Moradabad.

    He said “Talibani mentality” believes in breaking the society.

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    “Sometimes it is in the name of caste….When they are not succeeding, they are raising fingers at ‘mahapurush’ (great personalities) and insulting the entire society,” he said.

    The chief minister said this cannot be accepted and everyone should condemn it.

    “Yadav should regret his statement as insulting Sardar Patel will not be accepted,” he added.

    “Sardar Patel is the basis of India’s unity and integrity, and also is the nation’s architect,” he said, adding that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the belief of ‘ek Bharat, shresth Bharat’ is being taken forward.

    The credit of keeping free India ‘undivided’ goes to Sardar Patel, Adityanath said.

    The divisive mentality of glorifying Jinnah by comparing him with Sardar Patel is back in light, the chief minister said.

    “I think the people of the country, especially those from Uttar Pradesh, will never accept this divisive mentality,” he added.

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    The BSP hit out at Yadav on Monday for speaking of the four leaders in the same breath and alleged that there is a “collusion” between the SP and the BJP.

    In a tweet in Hindi, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati alleged that Yadav’s remarks on Jinnah and the BJP’s response to it are part of a well-thought-out strategy of the two parties to vitiate the atmosphere on Hindu-Muslim lines ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

    AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also criticised Yadav’s remarks, saying that Muslims who stayed in india had rejected Jinnah’s two-nation theory and the SP leader should instead talk about the present.

    The SP president, in his address at an event in Hardoi on Sunday, had lavished praise on Patel on his 146th birth anniversary but raised eyebrows at one point when he appeared to equate the four leaders, including Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

    The SP leader had said, “Sardar Patel understood the ground and he made decisions accordingly. Hence, he is also known as Iron Man.”

    “Sardar Patel, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah studied in the same institute and became barristers. They helped (India) get freedom and never backed away from any struggle,” Yadav had said.

    He had also referred to the ban imposed on the RSS by Patel, the then home minister, following Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, saying only he could do it.

  • Priyanka visits Gorakhpur, accuses Adityanath of running govt contrary to Guru Gorakhnath’s preachings

    By Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: Three weeks after launching the Congress’s 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly poll campaign from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi, the grand old party’s national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra travelled to UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s bastion Gorakhpur on Sunday.

    Addressing the Pratigya Rally, she accused the UP CM of running the government contrary to the beliefs and teachings of Guru Gorakhnath.

    “While Guru Gorakhnath preached the well being of all, Yogi Adityanath and his government are running opposite to the saint’s thoughts. Instead of working for people, they are attacking the people, particularly the weaker sections,” Priyanka said.

    “In present UP, not only the criminals, but the police also are unleashing terror and atrocities on people. Instead of helping needy people, the government is turning its face away from struggles and problems of people,” she said listing series of examples of police torture, including the recent killing of Kanpur based trader Manish Gupta at a hotel in Gorakhpur.

    “Properties of people are being bulldozed here and they are terrorised through threats of property confiscation and putting behind bars, this isn’t in line with teachings of Guru Gorakhnath,” she maintained.

    Gorakhpur which houses the Gorakhnath Peeth and Temple is the principal seat of the Nath Hindu monastic movement. UP CM Yogi Adityanath, who also hails from the same sect is the present Mahant of the Gorakhnath Peeth and Temple, which has mammoth following across East UP.

    She also promised to establish a university in the name of Guru Matsyendranath (Guru of Guru Gorakhnath) if voted to power in 2022 polls.

    Trying to strike a chord with the Gorakhpur region, particularly the Nishad (fisherman) community, who are in large numbers in that region of East UP, the Congress leader recounted how a boat of the community was reduced to ashes by police and administration in a village in Prayagraj district.

    “If voted to power, fishing will be awarded status of agriculture to render it the same  incentives and concessions that are hitherto available to agriculture. The Nishad community will get back it’s right on fishing and sand mining,” Priyanka announced eyeing the vote of the large fisherman community, which was instrumental in the ruling BJP sweeping East UP in 2017 polls.

    She also raised other Gorakhpur centric issues, including waterlogging woes and alleged corruption in recruitment in Gorakhpur University.

    “When Yogi Adityanath wasn’t the CM, he always hit the ground over the issue. But after becoming the state’s CM, he sees the same areas from the plane.”

    Taking a dig at the SP and BSP for spreading canards about the Congress being in hidden understanding with BJP, Priyanka questioned, “The sugar mills were closed during the erstwhile SP and BSP regimes, now the same leaders are accusing us of being in secret pact with the BJP. Why don’t they take the streets in UP for people’s cause against the BJP government. It’s the Congress only, which is fighting for people on the ground. Let me tell one and all, I’ll prefer giving my life, rather than ever aligning with the BJP.”

    Jibe at Amit Shah

    Taking a jibe at union home minister Amit Shah for claiming on Thursday that not even a single mafia was visible even through binoculars in Yogi Adityanath ruled UP, she said “you (Shah) don’t need binoculars, but instead should’ve used spectacles to see the mafia — union minister of state Ajay Mishra ‘Teni,’ who was standing next to you in Lucknow.”

    Remembers grandmother Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary

    Priyanka also remembered how her grandmother and ex-PM lost her life for the nation. “I still remember that day when she died. Before going to school, when me and my brother met her, she told us not to cry, if she lost her life. She knew her life was in danger.”

    The Congress leader also remembered country’s first deputy PM and home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary.

  • ‘Your actions violated Guru Gorakhnath’s words’: Priyanka takes on Yogi in his home turf

    By PTI

    GORAKHPUR: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday targeted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his home turf of Gorakhpur and made a flurry of poll promises, including farm loan waiver and purchasing wheat and paddy at Rs 2500 per quintal.

    “‘Things have happened against the ‘vaani’ (views) of Guru Gorakhnath. Bulldozers were used, threats were made to put people in jail,” she alleged at a rally, taking a swipe at Adityanath who is also the head of the prominent Mutt here named after saint Gorakhnath.

    The Congresss general secretary also reached out to farmers and members of the fishing community.

    “If the Congress is voted to power, then fisheries will be given the status of agriculture, and it will get all the facilities like agriculture. The rights of people of the Nishad community will be restored in sand mining and fisheries. Apart from this, a university named after Guru Machendranath will also be set up,” she said.

    “The entire loans of the farmers will be waived. Wheat and paddy will be purchased at Rs 2,500 per quintal, while sugarcane will be purchased at Rs 400 per quintal. The problem of stray cattle will be resolved on the lines of Chhattisgarh, and a complete solution will be evolved,” she said.

    The Congress general secretary added that government jobs will be given to 20 lakh youths, while contractual workers will be regularised.

    The Anganwadi workers will get an honorarium of Rs 10,000, and women will get three free cylinders in a year, she promised.

    “Apart from this, if voted to power, our government will bear the cost of treatment of any illness up to Rs 10 lakh,” she said.

    She also said that Rs 25,000 will be given to families who have lost their livelihood due to COVID-19.

    Hitting out at Chief Minister Adityanath, who has been a five-time MP from Gorakhpur, the Congress general secretary said that the health scenario in the district is dismal.

    “As elections are approaching, we are hearing that AIIMS will be made functional. But nothing happened for five years. So how do you expect that it will be done now?” she said.

    The Congress is facing a Herculean task to improve the party’s tally in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, where it had won only seven seats out of 403 in the last assembly election.

    Earlier this month, the Congress general secretary held a rally in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.

  • People angry with Yogi government over unemployment, inflation: Baghel

    He further claimed that the farmers of Uttar Pradesh are impressed with the Congress-led Chhattisgarh government's agricultural schemes.

  • BJP plans to defame Bollywood and move it to Uttar Pradesh: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik

    Express News Service

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik alleged that the BJP has a larger conspiracy to defame Bollywood and Mumbai and later move the industry to Noida where Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath proposed to set up a film city.

    Attacking the BJP, the NCP leader said that the saffron party is using central agencies like Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and its zonal director Sameer Wankhede to defame and destroy the industry by levelling flimsy charges against Bollywood personalities along with harassing and forcing them to move out of Mumbai.

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    “Bollywood is mini India where in people  from all parts of the country and globe happily stay and work. Mumbai has given name and fame to many hardworking and smart people irrespective of their religion and caste. The film industry has spread Indian culture across the globe and generated jobs for locals and outsiders. The BJP could not digest the glory and success of Mumbai and hence, are constantly attacking the city and its people,” Malik said adding that the BJP will not succeed in its malafide game plan.

    Malik said that the person who was arrested on fraudulent charges by Wankhede got bail and the person who was seen dragging Aryan Khan is now in jail for the cheating case. “The man who was threatening people for putting them in jail is now running for bail. The situation has changed and we call it Karma. Many more things will come out in public limelight against Sameer Wankhede and NCB,” the NCP leader said.

    Nawab Malik also levelled serious charges against Wankhede that he did not allow other honest officers of the NCB to conduct raids and take action against Kashif Khan, head of Fashion TV (India) who runs a drug and sex racket.

    “Kashif Khan is very close to Sameer Wankhede and hence, the latter will never take actions against Mr Khan. However, situations are slowly changing and we will expose all those who are a part of Wankhede’s extortion gang,” Malik said.

    ALSO READ| ‘Absolutely a lie’: Sameer Wankhede on Nawab Malik’s allegation

    Wankhede denied all allegations and said that these are lies being spread against him while his wife Kranti Redkar said that they will not speak on this issue now and will fight in court.

    Thank you @nawabmalikncp for taking a stand against the engineered campaign of hate towards the Hindi film Industry. It makes us feel less orphaned. Bollywood & Bombay/Mumbai are Intrinsically linked.This is the city of dreams after all & has sustained millions over the years.  https://t.co/seMh3WFRJE
    — Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) October 29, 2021
    Meanwhile, reacting to the minister’s remarks, actor Pooja Bhatt tweeted “Thank you, Nawab Malik, for taking a stand against the engineered campaign of hate towards the Hindi film Industry. It makes us feel less orphaned. Bollywood & Bombay/Mumbai are intrinsically linked. This is the city of dreams after all and has sustained millions over the years.”

  • For Modi to be PM in 2024, Yogi as UP CM a must in 2022: Amit Shah

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Scotching speculation over the BJP’s chief ministerial face in the coming UP assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Yogi Adityanath has to become CM in 2022 for Narendra Modi to be sworn in as the prime minister again in 2024.The Union Home Minister made the decisive remark at a function while kickstarting the BJP’s membership expansion drive here at the Defence Expo Ground and addressing the BJP’s Shakti Kendra conveners and in-charges of the Awadh region.On the occasion, the former BJP president also unveiled a slogan Mera Parivar, BJP Parivar amid the party consistently dubbing its rivals and opposition parties as “family-run parties”.When Modi Ji is the prime minister, he gives all that is required by Uttar Pradesh. The foundation of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which has to be won under the leadership of Modi Ji, will be laid in the 2022 assembly elections here, the Union Home Minister said.Modi Ji has to be made the Prime Minister in 2024 and (for that) Yogi Ji will have to be made the UP chief minister once again in 2022, he said.Terming the upcoming polls as elections meant to make Bharat Mata a ‘Vishwa Guru’ (world leader), Shah said after Deepawali, the electioneering will gain momentum and exhorted party men to work dedicatedly for it.When the BJP men come out and walk with the lotus flag and its slogans, the opposition parties start feeling threatened, he said, further exhorting the party men to aim at winning more than 300 seats in the upcoming UP assembly polls.Pointing out that the BJP’s membership expansion drives were started earlier before the 2014, 2017 and 2019 elections, Shah said the membership campaign before the 2022 elections is being launched on Friday.Recalling the glorious past of the state, Shah said since the Mughal rule till the BJP came to power in 2017 with a full majority, it never appeared that Uttar Pradesh is the land of Baba Vishwanath, Lord Ram and Lord Krishna.He emphasised that the BJP worked for getting the right recognition due to the state and took it ahead to empower it further.The BJP has proved for the first time that the governments are formed not for the family but for the poorest of the poor in the state, he said, taking a dig at various opposition parties.Attacking opposition parties and leaders, especially Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his poll-related activities, Shah said after the drums of elections were sounded, those sitting at home have come out in new clothes to show that their government is going to be formed .”I ask Akhilesh (Yadav) to give an account for how many days he stayed abroad in five years, give the account to the people of UP,” he said.”These people ruled for themselves, for their families and if they had any broader thinking, for their caste men but never for anyone else, Shah further taunted.Recalling the 1990 police firing at Kar Sevaks in Ayodhya during the Mulayam Singh Yadav regime, Shah said these people in 2014, 2017 and 2019, mocked the BJP with their slogans mandir wahin banayenge, par tithi nahi batayenge (Will build the temple there but won’t tell the date when it will start) .But the foundation stone for a grand Lord Ram Lala temple has already been laid in Ayodhya today and the construction work is on in full swing, he thundered.Under the guidance of Modi Ji, Yogi Ji has run the government for the poor, women, youth and the unemployed, he stressed, lauding the working of the Yogi government.Shah also attacked Gandhi and Vadra families along with the SP and BSP.The former BJP president was welcomed by prominent leaders and ministers including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow on his arrival.

  • Ind Vs Pak T20 WC: Those celebrating Pak’s victory to face sedition charges, says Yogi Adityanath

    By ANI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the UP police to register a case of Sedition against those who were celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 Cricket World Cup match that took place on October 24, informed the Chief Minister’s Office on Thursday.

    “Those celebrating Pakistan’s victory will face sedition charges: CM Yogi Adityanath,” said the CMO in a tweet with a snippet of a newspaper clipping reporting the above-mentioned order passed by the Uttar Pradesh government.

    Uttar Pradesh Police has booked seven people in a total of five districts and taken four people in custody for allegedly raising Pro-Pak slogans or celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 Cricket World Cup

    On Sunday, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets and none of the Men in Blue bowlers were able to leave an impact as Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan took the bowling to the cleaners.

  • BJP readies top guns to carpet-bomb 320 seats in UP ahead of 2022 polls

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI:  Keeping in mind the unabated farm protest, the BJP is learnt to have decided to focus on 320 odd seats out of 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh where its top guns will focus in the run up for the early next year’s polls. 

    The BJP is aiming to maximise gains from 320 seats, with a target to convert 80 per cent of them in its favour, through a strong pitch on developmental achievements and law and order issue. 

    The “Paschim” and some constituencies of “Braj” are seen as challenges where the BJP will bank on the multi-cornered contests and local leadership.

    Eighty-three seats in these regions are dominated by Jats and Muslims, who together are being seen as hostile to the BJP.

    The western UP is largely agrarian with the Jats, who are backing the farm agitation, being the influential caste.    

    “CM Yogi Adityanath and top echelons of the BJP leadership will put their maximum energy in the other parts of the state, which together account for 320 constituencies. The unveiling of the development projects are also being taken up in these areas in a large scale. Also, the issue of the improved law and order situation will be a key factor in these regions in the polls,” said a senior BJP functionary. 

    In UP, PM Narendra Modi’s programmes so far have also largely been addressed to the BJP’s “focus areas” as he unveiled a slew of infrastructure works in the region.

    The BJP is counting on the PM’s developmental focus in Kashi region, which accounts for 72 seats, to help the party win as many as possible segments.

    Varanasi, the heart of Kashi region, is represented in the Lok Sabha by Modi. Additionally, the BJP will count on Yogi’s appeal in Gorakhpur region, which accounts for 62 seats.  

    Apart from the Ayodhya Ram temple card to build on the Hindutva poll card, the party will bank on the caste equations to pull through in Awadh and Kanpur-Bundelkhand region, which account for 134 seats.

    “Eighty-three seats, which are seen as challenging due to the drift of the Jat vote base and polarisation, will pose challenge. The party’s local leadership, including Jat face Sanjeev Balyan, will work on the ground to benefit from the multi-cornered contests in the region,” said the BJP functionary.

    Meanwhile, farmers protested at hundreds of places all over India on Tuesday to demand the arrest and sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’, whose son is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people, including farmers, were killed.

    The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said in a statement that the farmers also completed 11 months of the “anti-agri law” protests on Tuesday.

    The umbrella body of farmer unions added that protests were held in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

    “Today, responding to SKM’s call, protests were organised at hundreds of places all over India, to demand the immediate arrest and sacking of Ajay Mishra Teni, the ‘sutradhaar’ of the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre. The protests took various forms including marches, motorcycle rallies, sit-ins etc,” it said in the statement.

    The SKM hailed the farmers agitating at Delhi borders for the last 11 months against the Centre’s three farm laws.

    “In these largest such protests anywhere in the world, farmers have been demanding that their livelihoods be protected from corporate loot in unregulated markets. Farmers have been asking for a repeal of the three anti-farmer pro-corporate laws thrust upon them undemocratically and unconstitutionally, and for a law that guarantees MSP for all farmers,” it said.

    It added that farmers will not go home until their demands are fulfilled.

    The ”Shaheed Kisan Asthi Kalash Yatras” held to pay homage to the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence travelled through several districts across several states.

    “Yesterday, such yatras went through Sitapur, Kaushambi and Aligarh districts of Uttar Pradesh. Asthi Kalash was received in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Today is the last day of the yatra in Tamil Nadu, and the ashes will be immersed in the sea at Vedaranyam. The Shaheed Kalash Yatra ended in Odisha today after the ashes were immersed in Daya River, historically documented as the river that changed the heart of Emperor Ashoka,” the SKM said.

    In Andhra Pradesh, the yatra ended with the immersion of the ashes in the Krishna river near Vijayawada.

    In Maharashtra, the yatra will begin in Pune on Wednesday from Mahatma Jyotirao Phule’s house, ending with a Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat in Mumbai at the Hutatma Chowk on November 18.

    The yatra would reach Mumbai after travelling across 36 districts of Maharashtra.

    Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Tikonia area of Lakhimpur Kheri district on October 3 during a protest against the three farms laws.

    Over 10 accused, including the son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, have been arrested so far in the case.

    (With PTI Inputs)

    BREAKUP OF SEATS

    70 Paschim.65 Braj.52 Kanpur-Bundelkhand.82 Awadh.72 Kashi.62 Gorakhpur.

  • Opposition governments kept faith imprisoned, vied with each other to hold Iftar: Adityanath

    'Kalyan Singh, on the other hand, had stood solidly (behind the movement) and took responsibility for it,' said Adityanath.