Congress Fed Terrorists Biryani, We Feed Them Bullets: Adityanath

“Congress has done divisive politics. As a result of that, terrorism was at its peak in their rule,” Yogi said.

File image of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while addressing an election rally in Makrana on Monday, 26 November, took a jibe at the Congress, saying that the BJP shoots down terrorists who were fed with biryani by the Congress.

"Congress has done divisive politics. As a result of that, terrorism was at its peak in the country (during Congress rule). Today, you can see that the terrorists who were fed with biryani by the Congress are now being fed bullets by us," Adityanath said in reference to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Ajmal Kasab, ANI reported.

Monday marked 10 years since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Kasab, the only terrorist who was caught alive after the attack, was later hanged to death in 2012 after serving a brief jail sentence.

Continuing his tirade against the Congress, Adityanath also accused the party of resorting to divide-and-rule politics to gain power. He said, "The Congress has done divisive politics. As a result of that, terrorism was at its peak in the country."

'No Candidate Wants Rahul's Meeting in his Constituency'

Adityanath also took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, claiming that the Congress president's election meeting in any constituency was the guarantee of the party candidate's defeat.

"Wherever (Congress president) Rahul Gandhi will go, the party candidate will face defeat. No candidate wants Rahul Gandhi's meeting in his constituency. Rahul means guarantee of defeat,” the UP CM said in an election rally in Churu district's Ratangarh constituency.

“Nothing can be expected from Congress. The party lacks leadership and Congress leaders say this, not me or anyone else,” he said.

Adityanath also said that BJP governments, be it in Centre or states, have accelerated growth and pushed development.

"There cannot be any alternative to development and good governance, which the BJP governments have delivered. A widespread change is visible in Uttar Pradesh while Raje government in Rajasthan has also done good work, 3.5 lakh youths were given government jobs and several other works were also done for the development of the state,” he said.

Adityanath appealed voters to vote for Abhinesh Maharshi, the BJP candidate from Ratangarh

The constituency with 2.47 lakh voters is facing triangular contest where BJP's rebel candidate and former minister Rajkumar Rinwa is also contesting election as an independent candidate.

The Rajasthan BJP had suspended 11 rebel leaders, including Rinwa, for six years over their decision to contest elections against party candidates.

As many as 2,294 candidates, including 189 women candidates, are contesting on 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan which is going to poll on 7 December.

(With inputs from PTI)