People shouldn't waste their votes on Congress, Samajwadi Party: Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said people should not «waste their votes» on the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) «if they cannot do anything for the poor». In Farrukhabad, Adityanath lashed out at the previous governments and cautioned the voters not to get seduced by those who «imposed curfews, prevented progress and worked on a policy of appeasement».
Addressing a function in Unnao to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of projects worth Rs 241 crore, the chief minister asked the gathering, «Could those in the Congress have made the Ram temple (possible) in Ayodhya? Could those in the SP have made it? If they cannot give ration, houses or health facilities to the poor nor can they respect your faith by building a Ram temple, why do you waste your vote and accept them as a burden over you?»
With 80 Lok Sabha seats, the maximum amongst all the states, Uttar Pradesh is the most crucial battleground for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is eyeing to retain power for a third consecutive term at the Centre in the upcoming general election.
«The one who works, provides benefits of government projects without discrimination and provides a better security infrastructure should have the right to come to power,» Adityanath said.
He asserted that «only one slogan is resonating across the country — fir ek bar, Modi sarkar (a government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again)».
Adityanath also spoke about the country's economic progress in the last decade.
«It is such an honour that the country
