Home Minister Amit Shah says UP free of ‘bahubalis’ under Yogi government

Moradabad, December 30

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday invoked Lord Hanuman to attack the Samajwadi Party and other BJP rivals in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a rally at Aligarh, he praised the Yogi Adityanath government, claiming no “bahubalis (musclemen)” were visible in the state now.

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“The people of Uttar Pradesh do not need the ‘nizam’ of bua, babua and bahan (reference to BSP chief Mayawati, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra). Their ‘nizam’ is a symbol of corruption, crime and hooliganism,” he alleged.

Addressing BJP’s Jan Vishwas Yatra, Shah said, “The SP, BSP and the Congress have given a new LAB to Uttar Pradesh. It means loot, aatankvaad (terrorism) and bhrashtachar (corruption). These parties have looted the state and have worked to fill the sacks of perfume traders.”

Shah alleged that the general public, especially “our daughters and sisters” were harassed by ‘bahubalis’ during the Samajwadi Party government in the state. “Today in the regime of Yogi Adityanath, these musclemen have disappeared.”

The Union Home Minister claimed that even if the ‘bua-babua-bahan’ were to come together in UP, they would not succeed. He alleged while “700 riots” took place during the Akhilesh government, “ no one has had the courage to incite riots during the Yogi dispensation.”

Praising the Modi government, Shah said it had dealt a heavy blow to terror activities and “our neighboring country was given a befitting reply after the terror strike in Pulwama”. He asserted the BJP would win more than 300 seats in the upcoming elections. — PTI