Yogi govt only built crematoriums: Kejriwal

Lucknow, January 2

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday tore into Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, saying he only constructed crematoriums in the state and made “arrangements” to dispatch a large number of people there, apparently referring to the second Covid wave.

Addressing his party’s rally here, the Delhi CM said Covid-19 arrangements in UP earned a bad name for the state and now in a cover-up exercise, the state government was splurging public money on advertisements.

In an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the AAP leader said, “In 2017, the BJP’s tallest leader had said if ‘kabristans’ (cemeteries) are made in Uttar Pradesh, then ‘samshans’ (crematoriums) should also come up. Unfortunately, Adityanath in the past five years only constructed crematoriums and made arrangements to send a large section of citizens there.”

He said UP had earned a bad name for making bad arrangements during the second Covid wave.

“If there was any state in the world that had made the worst arrangements to deal with the pandemic, it was Uttar Pradesh,” he said.

“To cover its misdemeanour, the UP government had given 10-page advertisements in US magazines, splurging the hard-earned money of people,” he alleged.

The AAP’s convener said while his rivals were good at “constructing graveyards and crematoriums”, he knows “how to get schools and hospitals constructed”. — PTI