Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday termed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unupyogi, or useless, citing incidents of crimes against Dalits and women under his rule.
The comments came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the 594-km Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur district. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati also hit out at the BJP, SP, and the Congress, accusing them of obstructing the expressway project when her government was in power.
In a tweet in Hindi, Akhilesh punned on the Hindi word upyogi (useful) used by Modi for Adityanath earlier in the day. In a public address in Shahjahanpur, Modi coined a new slogan “UP plus Yogi bahut hai upyogi” to praise Adityanath for “eliminating mafia” and undertaking developmental work in the state.
