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Yogi Adityanath attacks Rahul Gandhi, Hamid Ansari over culture remarks

Yogi Adityanath attacks Rahul Gandhi, Hamid Ansari over culture remarks
Yogi Adityanath targets Rahul Gandhi, Hamid Ansari over remarks on Indian culture - Telegraph India · telegraphindia.com

Yogi Adityanath criticized Hamid Ansari and Rahul Gandhi in a speech in Noida.

He said their comments and actions were harmful to Indian culture.

Ansari had said that Hindu right-wing communalism was a danger to India.

Adityanath strongly disagreed with that view.

He also criticized a comedy skit shown at Rahul Gandhi’s student event.

The Bharatiya Janata Party said the skit insulted Narendra Modi, Modi’s late mother, and women.

Adityanath said government welfare programs were given to people without asking about their caste.

The remarks show a political disagreement about culture, religion, and public conduct.

Key facts

Speaker
Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Targets
Hamid Ansari and Rahul Gandhi
Event
A two-day discourse on “Women’s Honour and Youth’s Self-Pride”
Venue
Gautam Buddha University, Noida
Ansari’s warning
He said Hindu right-wing communalism, rather than communism, threatened India.
Disputed performance
A skit by stand-up comedian Pulkit Mani mimicked Narendra Modi at Rahul Gandhi’s student event.
Welfare claim
Adityanath cited free food grains provided to 800 million people without caste-based selection.

Quotes

Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and BJP leader

“You also must have seen the video of the yuvraj (prince) of the Congress. The way he insults women in his Jhooth KI Goonj (echo of lies)..., he insults Indianness. Civilised people will not do such things. They are misguided.”
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“danger to India is not from communism, but Hindu Right-wing communalism”
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