Uttar Pradesh: Opposition suffering from ‘Yogi phobia’, unable to see development, says BJP

LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the SP and the BSP for alleging that no development work was carried out by the Yogi Adityanath government in the last four-and-a-half years, the BJP on Sunday said the opposition was suffering from ‘Yogi phobia’.
UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said the condition of SP, BSP and Congress was like an ostrich which had buried its head in the sand and was unable to see the all-round development of the state.
“The opposition parties have lost political ground in UP. Their dream of returning to power is shattered. They are now misleading people with baseless propaganda,” he said.
Training guns at the SP leadership, Singh called it the “messiah of criminals”.
“SP has lost the right to speak against the government. The party is upset only because CM Yogi Adityanath has launched a campaign against mafia raaj,” he said.
The UP BJP president said the SP was not worried about the poor, deprived, farmers, youth and women. “It only patronizes mafia whose illegally occupied land was facing the wrath of government bulldozers,” he said, stressing that the people of Uttar Pradesh had rejected the SP not once but twice.
Attacking Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, Singh said those coming to the state for “political tourism” should not forget that the people of UP had rejected them three decades ago. “Those who could not save their home are making frivolous statements out of desperation,” Singh said, adding that in doing so, the opposition leaders were only losing their own dignity.
“With the blessings of the people, BJP will come back with a huge majority,” he said.