INVOKING PAKISTAN while campaigning for the BJP in Rampur and Amroha Lok Sabha constituencies, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the “enemy” is scared of new India now. Adityanath said that in the past, Pakistan used to engineer explosions in India but now if even a firecracker is burst here, a clarification is issued quickly that they are not involved, he said on Wednesday. “The enemy is frightened now. They know that the new India does not speak much but storms into their country through air strikes and kills terrorists. Such changes have not happened overnight but were made possible under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji since 2014,” he said. In Rampur, Adityanath also took an apparent jibe at the jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. ”Earlier, the police in UP used to be busy searching for the stolen buffalo of a political leader even as cow smugglers used to flee with cattle kept on the premises of people's houses. And there was no one to pay heed to the people's complaints.” He added that after 2017, the scenario changed completely because the same cow smugglers, mafia and criminal elements are now carrying placards around their necks to save themselves from police action. The BJP has fielded sitting MP Ghanshyam Lodhi in Rampur, where polling will be held in the first phase on April 19. Kunwar Singh Tanwar is its candidate in Amroha, which will go to the polls on April 26. In 2019, this seat was wrested by Danish Ali, who was the BSP nominee. Danish Ali is again in the fray this time, as a Congress candidate. In Sikheda town in the Garh Mukteshwar Assembly constituency of Amroha Lok Sabha, the CM reiterated that in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the “BJP candidates are not contesting to ensure victory but to widen their victory margin.” “Earlier, you voted for a wrong person and you realised your mistake when your MP refused to chant Bharat Mata ki jai in Parliament.” Khate yahan ka lekin matrubhoomi ki jai bolne se katrate hai (Such people survive on resources of our country but refrain from respecting their motherland), said the CM. But this time there would be no confusion on voting day, he added. People have estimated in advance and they are confident of the election results on June 4. But for the sake of formality, I have come to ask you for getting the BJP candidates elected at your respective places. The point now is not about just winning but increasing the victory margin for the BJP and its alliance candidates,” Adityanath said in Sikheda.
