Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in an interview to News18 on Friday that the BJP is not against any particular religion, but against the politics of appeasement.
In his first interview after filing nomination from Gorakhpur assembly seat, Yogi Adityanath The group editor-in-chief of Network18 told Rahul Joshi that the BJP and his government have ‘complete faith’Sabka Saath, Sakba Vikas,
“I have a Muslim minister in my cabinet. There is a Muslim minister in the Union Cabinet. Arif Mohammad Khan is serving as the Governor of Kerala… We are not focusing on the faces, but on development, harmony and ‘Everybody’s company will help in everybody’s growth’, We are not against any religion. We are against anti-national forces,” Yogi Adityanath said during the interview Gorakhpur Temple.
Hitting out at the opposition’s politics of appeasement, Adityanath said his government does not discriminate. “Secularism does not mean opposing Hinduism, secularism does not mean appeasement,” he said.
The UP CM also explained his “80 vs 20” remark in recent election speeches. While the ratio was pegged to the Hindu and Muslim population in the state, Yogi Adityanath said it refers to the ratio of people who want development and security versus “those who want riots, goonda rajo and corruption”.
“There are 80 people who have benefited from our schemes, who want development, economic development, women security and farmers welfare. The other 20 are those whose criminal activities have been badly affected by the policies of our government,” the CM said. He also accused the opposition parties of keeping vote bank politics above national security.
Yogi Adityanath on Friday filed his nomination from his home constituency Gorakhpur assembly seat in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. This is the first time that Adityanath, a former five-time Lok Sabha MP, is contesting the state assembly election as a candidate.
In 2017, when Yogi Adityanath became the chief minister, he had opted to become a member of the Legislative Council instead of contesting from the assembly seat.
According to the chief minister’s election affidavit, there is no criminal case pending against him and his assets have increased by around Rs 59 lakh in the last four years. At the time of being elected MLC in 2017, his assets were Rs 95.98 lakh, which has now increased to Rs 1,54,94,000.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 It will be held in seven phases on the following dates: February 10 (Thursday), February 14 (Monday), February 20 (Sunday), February 23 (Wednesday), February 27 (Sunday), March 3 (Thursday) and March 7 (Monday) ). Uttar Pradesh Election Result 2022 will be declared on 10th March (Thursday).
There are a total of 403 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, of which 202 is the majority mark. This time too BJP has set a target of more than 300 seats.
In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP came to power with 312 seats, while the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party managed 47. Mayawati’s BSP had to contend with 19 seats and the Congress came fourth in the politically important state. With only seven seats. The term of the present UP Vidhan Sabha is ending on May 14, 2022.
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