NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minsiter Yogi Adityanath once again hit out at the opposition over Maha Kumbh criticism. Using the examples of pigs and vultures, the chief minister described Kumbh as a place where people found exactly what they sought.
“Vultures got dead bodies. Pigs got filth… whereas sensitive people got a beautiful picture of relationships, traders got business, devotees got clean arrangements,” he said.
In a strong-worded criticism, Yogi Adityanath said, “These so-called secular scholars, who remain silent over hundreds of deaths during the Hajj due to mismanagement, are the same ones who criticize the grandeur of the Maha Kumbh. Despite their repeated attempts to malign and sabotage the event, millions of devotees took a holy dip, defying their negativity and, in essence, rubbing salt into their wounds.”
“Even after the unfortunate incident during the Maha Kumbh, the faith and enthusiasm of the pilgrims prevailed. Braving various hardships, they reached Prayagraj, took the holy dip, and returned with joy,” the CM added while referring to the stampede.
In a direct attack on Akhilesh the CM said, “We did not play with the religious sentiments of people, unlike Samajwadi party, their CM did not have the time to monitor Kumbh and see its arrangements and therefore, he made, a non-sanatani, in-charge of Kumbh.”