- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
YOGI Adityanath, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on Monday (8) slammed the opposition and saying all those who support the Talibani mindset will be dealt with strictly by his government.
Addressing a rally in Kairana in Shamli district of UP, the chief minister said, “All those people who support the Talibani mindset in the state will be dealt with strictly by the Uttar Pradesh government. The Talibani mindset should not be accepted. It should not be tolerated. Those who support this are driving society into the prehistoric era.
“The basic rights of citizens are violated with this mindset. Those who follow their religious beliefs blindly, follow the Talibani mindset. Such activities will not be tolerated.
“Those people who did not want Ayodhya Temple to be built, who did not support the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir…..come out in support of 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and the Kairana exodus. Such people support the Taliban regime in Afghanistan,” Adityanath, a hardline leader of prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said.
The chief minister, who visited Kairana after meeting members of families who were allegedly compelled to leave the town in 2016, said “peace has returned to Kairana due to the state government’s policy of zero-tolerance against crimes.”
“A number of families have returned to Kairana now. Today, I am here for the establishment of a battalion of Provincial Armed Constabulary,” he added.
Adityanath, who will seek re-election in next year’s assembly elections, handed over the keys to the beneficiaries of ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna’ scheme. He praised the schemes of Modi, saying, “Previous governments focused on their own family’s welfare, while our government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership got toilets constructed for the people, waived off loans, provided free gas connections.”
“Our government has waived off Rs 36,000 crore (£13.5 million) worth of farmers’ loans,” he added.
Reported migration from Kairana was a major issue during the 2017 assembly elections as the BJP claimed that many families of a particular community had left the town after getting threats from criminals.
