"Jiski jaisi drishti, waisi uski srishti": CM Yogi lashes out at SP for defaming Prayagraj
Feb 25, 2025
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 25 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) and stated that the party had left no stone unturned to defame Prayagraj.
Speaking in the State Assembly during the UP budget session, the CM said "They (Samajwadi Party) left no stone unturned to defame Prayagraj. You were spreading propaganda about Prayagraj... As someone has rightly said, 'Jiski jaisi drishti waisi uski srishti'... They were finding ways to defame Prayagraj. Some people were saying in Parliament that thousands of people have died in Maha Kumbh but 28,000 people were reunited with their families during Maha Kumbh."
He also stated that SP and Congress only wanted to defame the country and in their fight against BJP, they had gone against the country.
"Samajwadi Party and Congress only want to defame India. Their fight may be against BJP, but sometimes by fighting against BJP, they go against India..." he further said.
Yogi Adityanath stated that that the BJP government had been giving money to the people of the state as per policies without discrimination further stating that Samajwadi Party when in power was only giving money to the people associated with the party.
"For the last eight and a half years, money is being given to the public from the 'Mukhyamantri Vivekadhin Kosh' without any discrimination on the basis of caste, region, language. When the Samajwadi Party was in power, only people associated with the Samajwadi Party were given money... In the BJP government, money is being given to the people of UP as per the policy without any discrimination," he said.
The UP CM also highlighted the achievements of his government and said that druing the BJP rule in the state medical colleges were built in every district of the state.
"From independence till 2017, only 17 government medical colleges were built in UP. After our government was formed, a medical college is being built in every district," he further stated.
The ongoing budget session started on February 20 and will continue until March 5. The annual budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which is expected to surpass Rs 8 lakh crore, will be presented on February 20.
