Some people trying to defame country: CM Yogi over Rahul Gandhi's remarks

In a veiled attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in London Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said when Indias dominance on global platforms is growing some people are criticising the country on foreign landThose who are criticising Indian democracy today are the same people who left no stone unturned to strangle democracy itself when they were given a chance Adityanath said without taking any nameAddressing an event in Gorakhpur he added that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making the country famous in the world some people are trying to defame the countryThe chief minister said these people criticise the country when they are abroad and when they are home they criticise Uttar Pradesh while they are in Kerala and Kerala when they are in DelhiThe CM said that such people who wish to weaken the strong democracy of the country and whose familys legacy has been that of the politics of divide and rule should be recognised and must not be allowed to succeed in their evil designsGandhi had on March 6 told British parliamentarians in London that functioning microphones in the Lok Sabha are often silenced against the Opposition He made the comment during an event organised by veteran Indianorigin Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma in the Grand Committee Room within the House of Commons complexAdityanath said that the achievements of the country in the last eightnine years under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi represented the new IndiaAlso Read Congress busy digging my grave while I am striving to improve lives of poor PM ModiHe further said that in the times to come India will be the country to show the way to the world He also urged party workers to take the messages of the President to the massesThe chief minister said that getting the presidency of G20 shows Indias potential pointing out that the countrys global dominance is growingWhether it is Afghanistan or the RussiaUkraine war the initiative of PM Modi is awaited everywhere Prime ministers of Italy and Australia visited India recently whereas the Japanese PM is going to visit India soon All these present a new picture of the country he saidThe chief minister said that in the last nine years the people have got the benefits of government schemes without any discrimination in line with the governments mantra of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas and Sabka PrayasSaying that today everyone is getting an LPG connection easily Adityanath asserted that the government is giving free LPG connections to eligible families and as many as 174 crore people in UP and 35 crore in the country have got free cooking gas connections through the Ujjwala YojanaHe also mentioned late Rajiv Gandhis remark that only 15 paise of Rs 1 sent by the government reached the needy and the poor due to the involvement of middlemenThe CM said the middlemen used to take commission even in pensions for widows and the oldToday PM Modi has made such arrangements that the entire amount reaches the beneficiaries accounts through DBT There is no burglary anywhere and crackdown on corruption has increased he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever