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Opposition leaders slam Yogi Adityanath over 'Kerala-Kashmir' remark ahead of UP 1st phase polls

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 11, 2022, at 01:13 am

#UttarPradesh #YogiAdityanath #RahulGandhi #UPElections2022 #ShashiTharoor

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders from other parties on Thursday slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his caution to the voters that the state will "become Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal if they make a mistake".

Launching a scathing attack at Yogi's comments, Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet, "There is strength in our Union. Our Union of Cultures. Our Union of Diversity. Our Union of Languages. Our Union of People. Our Union of States. From Kashmir to Kerala. From Gujarat to West Bengal. India is beautiful in all its colours. Don't insult the spirit of India."

There is strength in our Union.

Our Union of Cultures.
Our Union of Diversity.
Our Union of Languages.
Our Union of People.
Our Union of States.

From Kashmir to Kerala. From Gujarat to West Bengal. India is beautiful in all its colours.

Don’t insult the spirit of India.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 10, 2022

Ahead of the first phase of the Assembly polls in UP, Adityanath posted a video on his Twitter handle and said, "I have to tell you something that is there in 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," the Chief Minister warned.

Shashi Tharoor, MP from Kerala, also criticised Adityanath and said, "UP should be so lucky!! Kashmir's beauty, Bengal's culture & Kerala's education would do wonders for the place. UP's wonderful: pity about its Govt."

UP will turn into Kashmir, Bengal or Kerala if BJP doesn't come to power, @myogiadityanath tells voters.

UP should be so lucky!! Kashmir's beauty, Bengal's culture & Kerala's education would do wonders for the place.

UP's wonderful: pity about its Govt.https://t.co/bn6ItSczm6
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) February 10, 2022

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also slammed the UP Chief Minister on Twitter.

He said, "If 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 won't be murdered in the name of religion and caste. That's what the people of UP would want."

If UP turns into Kerala as @myogiadityanath fears, it will enjoy the best education, health services, social welfare, living standards and have a harmonious society in which people won't be murdered in the name of religion and caste. That's what the people of UP would want.
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) February 10, 2022

Opposition leader and senior Congress Legislator V D Satheesan also took to Twitter to take on Adityanath.

Satheesan tweeted, "Dear UP, vote to be like Kerala. Choose plurality, harmony. Inclusive development to medieval bigotry. Keralites, Bengalis and Kashmiris are also proud Indians."

Dear #UP, vote to be like Kerala. Choose plurality, harmony, inclusive development to medieval bigotry. Keralites, Bengalis and Kashmiris are also proud Indians. #kerala #democracy #religiousharmony #UPElections2022
— V D Satheesan (@vdsatheesan) February 10, 2022

Polling in 58 seats of the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly, which is spread in 11 districts of western UP, ended in the evening.

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are being held in seven phases in February-March. Counting of votes will be held on March 10.

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