Bengal-Kashmir-Kerala talk was in context of violence: Yogi Adityanath

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the vision of 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' will not come true even till qayamat (doomsday) and that the country will be run by the Constitution and not the Sharia (the Islamic personal law). He also clarified his earlier statement asking people to not let Uttar Pradesh become like Bengal, Kashmir or Kerala by saying that the statement was made in the context of the violence and anarchy taking place in these states at a time when elections were going on peacefully in Uttar Pradesh.

Yogi said "new India" will be run according to the Constitution in reply to a question about his tweet on Sunday, where he had warned "religious fanatics" with "Talibani mentality" who harbour the dream of Ghazwa-e-Hind. The tweet was a reaction to the Hijab controversy. Ghazwa-e-Hind is an Islamic prophecy about battles being fought on the Indian subcontinent between Hindus and Muslims, resulting in the victory of Muslims.

Yogi said he believed that personal faith and rights, preferences and dislikes can't be imposed on the country and institutions. "Can I ask all employees of UP to wear the bhagwa? Dress codes should be imposed in schools. Can army personnel say we will function according to our choice? Where will discipline go? Personal faith is on one side but when it comes to institutions, their rules must be adhered to," he said.


"Elections are on in UP. First phase elections concluded peacefully and there was no violence. Earlier, riots happened and anarchy took place and goondaism was at its peak," Yogi said in an interview to news agency ANI on Monday as the second phase of polling remained underway in UP.

"I want to ask: Does the election take place so peacefully in Bengal? During the Vidhan Sabha elections there, BJP workers were made victims of barbaric cruelty. Booths were captured. Hundreds of people were killed. In Kerala too, this happened -- the amount of violence and political killings that have taken place in these two states have not happened anywhere," he said.

Yogi said that with "people coming to UP from Bengal and talking about spreading anarchy, it was important to 'alert' the public, taking a swipe at WB CM Mamata Banerjee who had come to Lucknow a few days ago to campaign for the Samajwadi Party.

On SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's statement that senior SP leader Azam Khan had been jailed for minor crimes but Ashish Mishra, son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra, accused of killing four farmers gets bail, Yogi quipped, "Even Akhilesh would not want Azam Khan to come out as his position will then be threatened." Yogi then reasoned that cases against Khan and the bail issue were the prerogative of the judiciary as the courts gave bail, not the government.