Political sparring over the Ayodhya challenge continued on Sunday a day after chief minister Yogi Adityanath accepted Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav’s dare to file his nomination from Ayodhya for the upcoming assembly elections and invited the former CM to do the same.
We built such a large memorial to Jayaprakash Narayan, but the government is trying to sell it. In August, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved a proposal to hand over JPNIC to a private consortium, which placed the highest bid for a 30-year lease for its operation and maintenance.
In a sharp attack on the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav said, “The present government does not respect freedom fighters. He said party workers Amar, Vineet and Abhishek risked their lives to garland Narayan’s statue at night despite heavy police deployment, describing their action as a reflection of the struggle JP himself led. Adityanath’s offer on Saturday prompted the SP chief to respond the same evening that this PDA Prahari was enough for the contest. On Sunday, Yadav claimed that the chief minister himself had to seek tickets from BJP leaders and questioned whether Adityanath was in a position to decide party tickets.
“Those whose own tickets are not confirmed are talking about tickets. The chief minister should first get his own ticket confirmed,” Yadav said. “I invite you (Akhilesh Yadav) to file your nomination from Ayodhya. I will also try my luck there once.
Responding to recent remarks on the Ayodhya challenge, Yadav said, “Our wind will sweep away arrogant people. The fight should be face-to-face,” Adityanath had said in Balrampur on Saturday.
