Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Youth buried Congress; power intoxication caused downfall: Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath is the leader of a big state in India called Uttar Pradesh.
He gave a speech in Siddharthnagar, a town in Uttar Pradesh.
In the speech, he said that young people in India have 'buried' the Congress party.
Congress is an old political party in India.
Adityanath said the party's downfall is a lesson about how dangerous it can be when leaders become drunk with power.
He also blamed Congress for dividing people by caste long ago, and said it and the Samajwadi Party are still doing that today.
He questioned what Congress and the Samajwadi Party have done for young people, farmers, the poor, and women.
Adityanath said that under Prime Minister Modi, India has become stronger, and its economy is now the fourth-largest in the world.
At the same event, he began work on 107 new development projects worth more than Rs 311 crore.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the youth of the nation have effectively 'buried' the Congress party.
He called Congress's downfall a clear lesson in the dangers of power intoxication.
He made the remarks while inaugurating and laying foundation stones for 107 development projects worth over Rs 311 crore in Siddharthnagar.
He accused Congress and the Samajwadi Party of repeating divisive caste-based politics that he said once contributed to India's enslavement.
He credited Prime Minister Modi with transforming India into the world's fourth-largest economy over the past 12 years.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
- What
- Claimed youth have 'buried' the Congress party, called its downfall a lesson in power intoxication, and accused Congress and the Samajwadi Party of divisive caste-based politics
- When
- Sunday, August 9
- Where
- Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To criticize Congress's record and divisive politics while crediting PM Narendra Modi's government for transforming India over the past 12 years
- Speaker
- Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
- Location
- Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh
- Occasion
- Inauguration and foundation stone laying of development projects
- Projects
- 107 development projects
- Project Value
- Over Rs 311 crore
- Date
- Sunday, August 9
- Opposition Targeted
- Congress and Samajwadi Party
- Leaders Questioned
- Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav