Yogi hits out at Oppn after opening Deepotsav

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday hit out at the opposition parties over their stance on the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, and said now “lamps are being lit where bullets were once fired”.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

After inaugurating the ninth Deepotsav in Ayodhya Sunday, where he performed 'Rajyabhishek’ (coronation) of Ram and Sita, including ‘pujan’, ‘vandana’, and ‘aarti’, Adityanath also slammed the Opposition for “rejecting” the invitation for the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in January 2024.

“During the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in this very Ayodhya, Congress said Ram isa myth, while the Samajwadi Party fired bullets at Ram devotees,” he alleged.

“Today, Uttar Pradesh does not have to face an identity crisis. We are now lighting lamps where bullets were once fired,” Adityanath said.