Opp scared of losing minority vote bank, silent on foreign invaders in past: CM Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday targeted the Opposition parties, hitting out at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in particular, and claimed that “fear of losing minority vote bank” prevented these parties from uttering a word against foreign invaders of the country in the past.

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Adityanath was in Bahraich to attend an event, ‘Vijayotsav of Maharaja Suheldev’, during which he inaugurated a memorial dedicated to Maharaja Suheldev and unveiled his equestrian statue. He also questioned why national icons such as Maharaja Suheldev were not honoured earlier and no grand memorials, universities or medical colleges were named after such personalities in the past.

The CM said, “While the BJP commemorates Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with the Statue of Unity, the SP sings praises of divisive figures such as Jinnah. When we talked about celebrating Suheldev's valour, the SP and the Congress argued over holding weddings for Ghazi Miyan. We have made it clear — glorifying invaders must end and national heroes must be honoured.” The state government has built the memorial at a cost of around Rs 40 crore and has also established a 40-ft bronze equestrian statue of Maharaja Suheldev.