This story is from January 4, 2022

Congress leaders visit temples, Amethi only during polls: Yogi

Congress leaders visit temples, Amethi only during polls: Yogi
Union minister and Amethi MP Smriti Irani with CM at the rally
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday attacked the Congress for pursuing “divisive politics” and falling back on “Hinduism” only at the time of elections.
Addressing a public gathering after laying the foundation stone of Government Medical College in Amethi worth Rs 293 crore and inaugurating a 500-bedded district-level referral hospital there, Yogi said that Congress leaders who used to call themselves “accidental Hindus” have no right to be called “Hindus”.

“They start visiting temples and come to Amethi only at the time of elections,” he said. Union minister and Amethi MP Smriti Irani was also present on the occasion.
The CM also took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that he does not even know how to sit in a temple and knows nothing about Hinduism or Hindutva.
“During elections in Gujarat, the former MP of Amethi went to a temple and sat there in a position as if offering namaz. The priests corrected him and taught him how to sit in a temple,” Yogi said.
"But this is not the case with us. When I was not the CM and now that I am the CM, I have no hesitation in saying this with pride that I'm a Hindu," he said.
Yogi also accused the previous UPA government of bringing in a law to play with the faith of Hindus.

“They wanted to imprison the Hindus of this country, wanted to play with their faith,” he said.
He categorically criticized Congress, accusing it of being driven by lust for power. “They were eager to break Ram Setu. They used to instigate riots,” he said.
Slamming Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for crying foul over the recent tax raids on his aide, the CM said that in the previous governments, public money used to go to the pockets of ‘babua’.
This is the reason they are requesting the Election Commission to postpone the raids and conduct them after the elections, he said.
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