Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was speaking at the UP Assembly in Lucknow, during which he said that sharing baseless allegations or fake videos against “Sanatan Dharma, Maa Ganga, India or the Maha Kumbh” is like playing with the faith of 56 crore people.
#WATCH | Lucknow: In the UP assembly, CM Yogi Adityanath says, “While we are participating in the discussion here, at that time more than 56.25 crore devotees have already taken their holy dip in Prayagraj… When we make any baseless allegations or snow fake videos against… pic.twitter.com/VYNnzPn4w1
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CM Yogi Adityanath said that while the assembly is on by noon, as per estimations, 56 crore people would have taken a dip in the river Ganga. He said that the event wasn’t organised by any particular party or organisation.
He said that the event belongs to society, with “the government acting as a servant to fulfil its responsibilities. It is our good fortune that our government has had the opportunity to be associated with this century’s Maha Kumbh… The nation and the world have come together to elevate this event to new heights of success, dismissing all false narratives.”
Adityanath further said that only seven days were left before the Maha Kumbh Mela ended. He shared his condolences towards the people who died in the January 29 stampede and the people who were killed in road accidents while they were travelling to Kumbh. But he said that there was no need to politicise this.
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“Our condolences are with the family members, the government stands with them, and the government will help them in every possible way but how appropriate is it to politicise this?”
CM Yogi slammed the opposition’s reference to Kumbh, Former Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that Maha Kumbh was “faltu” and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called it ‘mrityu kumbh’.
Questions were raised regarding the cleanliness of the water, to which CM Yogi said while, “An infected person can be treated, but there is no remedy for infected thoughts. They will continue to fester, with no cure in sight. Such a person will persist in protesting and mocking.”
