New Delhi: Yogi Adityanathโs comment warning voters on โUttar Pradesh turning into Kerala or Bengalโ did not go unchallenged as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan threw shade at his Uttar Pradesh counterpart in a tweet.
โIf UP turns into Kerala as Yogi Adityanath fears, it will enjoy the best education, health services, social welfare, living standards and have a harmonious society in which people wonโt be murdered in the name of religion and caste. Thatโs what the people of UP would want,โ Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted. He made the same points in a Hindi tweet posted from his handle.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also responded to Yogi Adityanathโs comments in a tweet.
โUP will turn into Kashmir, Bengal or Kerala if BJP doesnโt come to power, Yogi Adityanath tells voters. UP should be so lucky!! Kashmirโs beauty, Bengalโs culture and Keralaโs education would do wonders for the place. UPโs wonderful: pity about its government,โ Mr Tharoor posted.
In a video message last evening, hours before the start of the first phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath had urged voters to choose BJP while referring to Left-ruled Kerala and Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress won a third term last year, defeating the BJP.
โI have to tell you something from my heart. A lot of wonderful things have happened in these five years. Beware! If you miss, the labour of these five years will be spoiled. It would not take much time for Uttar Pradesh to become Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal,โ Yogi Adityanath said in the video.
โYour vote is a blessing on my efforts of five years. Your vote will also be a guarantee of your fear-free life,โ he urged.
โThe time for a big decision has come. In the last five years, the double-engine government of the BJP has done everything with dedication and commitment. You have seen everything and heard everything in detail,โ said the UP Chief Minister, who is seeking a second term.
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