Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, fired up the BJP's Assembly poll campaign on Thursday, asking voters to repeat their verdict against Arvind Kejriwal and team for "pursuing politics of divide and rule". The ruling AAP in Delhi came in for scathing criticism as an "ATM for dispensing lies".
Speaking at a massive election rally in Kirari Assembly constituency for BJP candidate Bajrang Shukla, CM Adityanath said, "Their policy of giving financial assistance to priests initially did not include temple pujaris and when it did, it excluded heads of Valmiki temples.
"The AAP's agenda does not include priests of Valmiki temples," he said, adding that the scheme for paying salaries to heads of religious places started with Moulvis as part of their polarisation strategy.
"Their policy of 'Banto aur raj karo (divide and rule)' got exposed even in the scheme for giving honorarium to heads of places of worship," he said, calling the AAP a 'jhoot ka ATM (ATM for dispensing lies).'
Featuring performance of "double-engine" governments in states across Delhi and within the Hindi heartland - UP, Haryana, Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh, saffron-robed UP CM rained arrows against Kerjwal and Atishi govt. failures on the clean Yamuna river, mountain peaks of garbage removed, infrastructure boost and uninterrupted as well as reasonably priced electricity.
Taking to task the ruling AAP over a polluted Yamuna, he said, "The quality of water of the Yamuna is far better in Prayagraj than what it is in Delhi."
He also attacked the AAP government for failing to beautify or improve any place of worship in Delhi. "Look what has been done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kashi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj. Today, 1,000 places of worship in UP are getting a facelift," he said.
Taking a swipe at the Delhi government for power cuts and costly electricity, the UP CM said, "The rate of one unit of power in Delhi is almost three times the Rs 3.50-Rs 4 that we charge for one unit in UP."
Trying for an immense mandate of the BJP from Delhi, during Lok Sabha Elections, while urging for voting support CM Adityanath has claimed the top AAP leadership said before, their verdict decided, through vote counting should come if he stayed back in prison or he may not.
By giving 7-0 mandate in LS elections in the BJP's favour, the voters in Delhi have already given a verdict against the AAP. I am sure, they are just waiting to repeat it in the Assembly elections," he said.
Delhi: Elections to choose a 70-member Assembly will be held in Delhi on February 5 and results would be declared on February 8. The BJP seems to be relying heavily on star campaigners PM Modi and CM Adityanath to return to power in Delhi after 27 years.
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