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''Ram Rajya'' means no poverty or discrimination, says Adityanath in Ayodhya

AYODHYA (UP): Seeking to deflect opposition criticism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that no politics should be seen behind his government’s efforts to develop this temple town which gave the idea of ‘Ram Rajya’ — where there is no poverty or discrimination. Beginning his speech with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogans, he said Ayodhya has much to offer to humanity.

''Ram Rajya'' means no poverty or discrimination, says Adityanath in Ayodhya

CM Yogi Adityanath welcoming the artistes dressed as Lord Rama and Sita during Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya on Wednesday. PTI



Ayodhya (UP), October 18

Seeking to deflect opposition criticism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that no politics should be seen behind his government’s efforts to develop this temple town which gave the idea of ‘Ram Rajya’ — where there is no poverty or discrimination.

Speaking at the glittering ‘Deepotsav’ organised on the bank of river Sarayu on Diwali eve here, Adityanath hit out at critics claiming that there were some who opposed and questioned his actions regardless of what he did.

“Ayodhya gave the concept of Ram Rajya — where there is no poverty, pain, grief or discrimination,” Adityanath said adding that the real meaning of Ram Rajya is a home for everyone and electricity and LPG cylinders for every household.

“There are some who are used to opposing everything we do. If I come to Ayodhya they raise questions and if I don’t they say I am afraid of coming here. Now they are saying that the Ayodhya programme is to divert the attention of people. I am here with my work, including loan waivers, wheat purchase etc, done in the past six months,” he said.

Attacking Opposition parties, the UP Chief Minister said his government did not discriminate on the basis of caste or religion unlike what happened earlier.

“We don’t discriminate on the basis of caste, creed and religion. In the previous ‘Ravan Raj’, there was discrimination on basis of family, caste and other factors,” he said.

The chief minister said he found it below dignity to even to react to “insulting and dirty” allegations levelled by the opposition.

Beginning his speech with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogans, he said Ayodhya has much to offer to humanity.

“It gave the concept of Ram Rajya, where there is no poverty, pain and grief. Where there is no discrimination. The objective of the programme is to present the real picture to the entire world,” he said.

Adityanath also compared the Narendra Modi government’s work for the masses at the Centre with Ram Rajya.

The chief minister wondered as to why there were negative discussions on Ayodhya.

“We are making an attempt to take it from negativity to positivity. I am happy all Ayodhya residents cooperated in this endeavour. Ayodhya remained neglected, faced attacks continuously, but it will not remain so. We have launched Rs 133 crore schemes here,” he said. — PTI

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