NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and said that how is one a ‘Yogi’ (monk) if he spreads hatred.
The Congress leader posted the tweet in reference to Yogi Adityanath’s “Abba Jaan” remark.
Responding to Rahul’s tweet, the BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said that no one in politics takes Rahul Gandhi seriously. Jo dangaion se nafrat kare,bhrashtacharion se nafrat kare,aatankwadion se nafrat kare aur desh-pradesh ko surakshit kare wo Yogi hi hai. (The one who hates rioters, who hate the corrupt, hates terrorists and secures the state and the country, that is Yogi) Maybe it wasn’t taught to you in Congress’ school, he said.

Yogi Adityanath’s team also tweeted a few hours later and said that if bulldozing the empire of criminals and miscreants is hatred, then this hatred will continue unabated.

Addressing a programme in Kushinagar on Sunday, Adityanath had alleged that people did not get rations before 2017 as they do now.
“Because then, people who say ‘abba jaan’ used to digest the rations. The rations of Kushinagar used to go to Nepal and Bangladesh. Today, if anybody tries to swallow the rations meant for poor people, he will land in jail,” the chief minister said.