UP Polls: Manasarovar Bhawan Vs Haj House, CM Yogi Slams SP

CM Yogi orders to build Manasarovar Bhawan in Ghaziabad

Lucknow: Just weeks before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the development pitch of the BJP for Uttar Pradesh elections tripped in Ghaziabad today as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attacked his key rival with an allusion to buildings erected for use of particular communities. The UP Chief Minister, whose party customarily accuses the Samajwadi Party and its chief, Akhilesh Yadav, of minority appeasement.

As of now, the Manasarovar Bhawan he referred to is a four-story building in Indirapuram, built to help Kanwar pilgrims and those making the annual journey to Kailash-Mansarovar.

Earlier, the Ex-UP CM Akhilesh Yadav had opened his Haj house in 2016, during his tenure at the top post. The seven-storied Aala Hazrat Haj House can accommodate 8,000 to 10,000 pilgrims for a month or two every year. The rest of the year it functions as a venue for coaching classes.

CM Yogi made a similar attack on SP chief Yadav ahead of the upcoming election polls. 

In November last year, while addressing a function in Ayodhya, he said earlier, public money used to be spent on land for "kabristan (burial grounds)" but under his government, funds are being used for the upgrade of temples.

A month later, he made the same allusion while laying foundation stones for 77 projects. "The previous governments spent money on 'kabristans', our government spends it on beautification of places associated with deities, which are places of faith," he said.

Twice last year, he had used the "Abba Jaan" swipe against the opposition party (SP). In November, he made the same jibe to issue a warning about the protests against the Citizenship Amendment act.