Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Sunday claimed that before the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in the state in 2017 only o...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Sunday claimed that before the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in the state in 2017 only one community was getting ration, reported ANI.
“Did you get ration before 2017?” Adityanath asked the crowd he was addressing in Kushinagar town. “Earlier only those who used to say “Abba jaan [a term commonly used by Muslims to address their fathers]” were digesting the ration. The ration meant for Srinagar went to Nepal and Bangladesh back then.”
#WATCH | Under PM Modi leadership, there is no place for appeasement politics....Before 2017 was everyone able to get ration?....Earlier only those who used to say 'Abba Jaan' were digesting the ration: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Kushinagar pic.twitter.com/CPr6IMbwry
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Adityanath added that under his regime if someone attempted to take away ration from the poor, the individual “will definitely land in jail”.
The remarks were also viewed as a criticism of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government that was in power in the state till 2017.
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister said that the “political agenda” of the country changed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power.
“The politics that began in 1947 and was limited to caste, religion, region and language, family and dynasty, PM...
