Yogi Adityanath: Why Hyderabad can’t be renamed as Bhagyanagar?

HYDERABAD/LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said if Faizabad can be renamed as Ayodhya, why cannot Hyderabad become ‘Bhagyanagar.’
Calling upon people to vote for changing the fate of Hyderabad, he said the December 1 GHMC polls provide an opportunity to the people to take the city on the path of development. “Some people were asking me if Hyderabad can become ‘Bhagyanagar’.I said, ‘why not?’ I told them that we renamed Faizabad as Ayodhya and Allahabad as Prayagraj after BJP came to power in UP. Why cannot Hyderabad become a ‘Bhagyanagar’?” Adityanath said at a roadshow in Malkajgiri division on Saturday.
‘TRS govt is all about KCR, his family & mitra mandal’
Addressing a well-attended public meeting at Lal Darwaja in the Old City later, he said a groundswell of support for the BJP was evident during the roadshows he took part earlier in the day. “I had asked state BJP chief (Bandi) Sanjay if I can come down here to give the message of oneness from Uttar Pradesh. I can see and sense that people here want a change for the betterment of the city.”
The UP CM, who began his speech in Telugu by saying “andariki namaskaramlu’ (namaste to all of you), said an MIM MLA in Bihar recently refused to take oath in the name of Hindustan. “They live in Hindustan but when it comes to taking oath in the name of Hindustan, they hesitate. This is the reality of MIM. They eat here but will not sing the local tune,” he said, taking on Asaduddin Owaisi’s MIM, which has a strong presence in Lal Darwaza.
He blamed the alliance of the ruling TRS and MIM for lack of development in the city. He alleged that chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was not taking up construction of memorials for those who gave up their lives for liberation of Telangana in 1948 since the MIM was against it.
Attacking KCR for not implementing the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, he said: “UP in the last three years has constructed 35 lakh houses to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Griha Yojana. Why cannot the scheme be implemented here.”
Drawing a parallel between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and KCR, Adityanath said: “For Modi, the entire India is his family but for KCR, his family has become the entire Telangana. Everywhere I see the posters of his son. In a democracy, there is no scope for loot of public money.”
At a public meeting in Kukatpally division, the UP CM said the TRS government is all about KCR and his family and their ‘mitra mandal’ (friends circle). He asked as to why the state government did not deposit 10,000 in the bank accounts of flood-affected families. “All the money went into the kitty of TRS leaders and activists,” he alleged.
Raking up the issue of Ram temple in Ayodhya Yogi said scores of Karsewaks had reached the city (in 1992). “However, there were many who were opposed to the temple and created obstacles. But the 492 years old issue now stands resolved and a grand Ram Temple is on its way to be constructed,” he said.
Earlier in the day Yogi, who reached Hyderabad’s Begumpet airport, held a twohour-long road show in Jeedimetla where he was welcomed by a massive crowd amid slogans of 'Jai Sri Ram' and 'Aaya Aaya Sher Aaya'. Some of his supporters in fact upped the religious slogans like “Ram Laxman Janki…Jai Bolo Hanuman Ki.”
The UP CM reached Hyderabad even as Owaisi campaigned in Karwan area of the city. AIMIM has fielded a Hindu candidate Mandagiri Swamy Yadav from Karwan. Of the 51 seats in GHMC where AIMIM is contesting, it has fielded Hindu candidates in 5 seats.
Yogi kicked off his road show after offering tribute to Dalit icon BR Ambedkar. As soon as the UP CM hit the street, BJP workers raised slogans like “change Hyderabad '' amid showering of flower petals from the roof top. His presence in the region comes two days after the AIMIM chief dared the BJP to launch PM Narendra Modi in the old city and see for itself how many seats BJP wins. A day earlier, BJP chief JP Nadda had reached Hyderabad to campaign for the party candidates.
During the roadshow in Malkajgiri, dancers depicting the cultural traditions of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (the two Telugu states), as well as Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and UP entertained the crowds. Yogi stood on top of a makeshift platform on a bus along with Sanjay, as the vehicle made its way into the crowds.